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Table 2 Characteristics of nursing homes (adapted from Saal et al. 2019) [21]

From: Implementation of a complex intervention to improve participation in older people with joint contractures living in nursing homes: a process evaluation of a cluster-randomised pilot trial

 

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

 
  1. aLevels of care dependency as assessed by expert raters from the medical service of the German statutory health insurance system
  2. bCategorisation of ownership = non-profit, private, state-owned, or church-owned
  3. cPrevalence estimated by the head nurse
  4. dCategorisation of the conduction of interprofessional case conferences = regularly, occasionally, or never
  5. eDefined as close to the nursing home within walking distance for the residents
  6. fDefined as movement-promoting architectural features in or outside the nursing home e.g. therapeutic garden, barrier-free walking circuits, handrails, wheelchair accessibility
  7. gDefined by degree of urbanisation acc. to the statistical office of the European office (Eurostat) = urban, suburban, or rural