Intervention group | Control group | Total | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cluster 1 | Cluster 2 | Cluster 3 | Cluster 4 | Cluster 5 | Cluster 6 | Cluster 7 | ||
Study participants | 9 | 20 | 11 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 129 |
Participants levels of care dependencya | ||||||||
None | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Low | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Considerable | 5 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 41 |
Severe | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 51 |
Most severe | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 34 |
Ownership b | private | private | church-owned | church-owned | non-profit | non-profit | private | |
Long-term care beds | 40 | 107 | 171 | 165 | 48 | 128 | 115 | 774 |
Nursing home wards | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 29 |
Residents per ward | 13 | 27 | 43 | 28 | 24 | 32 | 18 | 27 |
Prevalence of joint contractures c | 0.40 | 0.96 | 0.19 | 0.21 | 0.50 | 0.31 | 0.60 | 0.28 |
Ratio of nursing staff to residents | ||||||||
Skilled nurses and assistants | 0.49 | 0.30 | 0.35 | 0.38 | 0.32 | 0.34 | 0.30 | 0.35 |
Skilled nurses | 0.28 | 0.16 | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.17 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.19 |
Interprofessional case conferences d | regularly | occasionally | regularly | regularly | regularly | occasionally | regularly | |
Local environment e | ||||||||
Park areas | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | |
Stores (e.g. supermarket, drugstore) | no | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | |
Churches | no | no | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | |
Coffee bars | no | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | |
Environment promoting physical activityf | no | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
Degree of urbanisation g | rural | urban | urban | suburban | suburban | urban | suburban |