BEFRIENding for Depression, Anxiety and Social support in older adults living in Australian residential aged care facilities (BEFRIENDAS): randomised controlled trial protocol

Table 1 Measures and assessment timepoints

Measure/Timepoint	Screen	T1 Baseline	T2 2 months post baseline	T3 4 months post baseline
GDS 15	✓		✓	✓
CSDD (from ACFI)^a	✓
PAS-CIS (from ACFI)^a	✓
GPCOG	✓
Demographic data		✓
GAI 20 item		✓	✓	✓
EQ-5D-5L		✓	✓	✓
UCLA Loneliness Scale		✓	✓	✓
Lubben Social Network Scale-6		✓		✓
Health service usage		✓		✓
Charlson comorbidity index		✓		✓
Medications		✓		✓
Satisfaction with befriending (qualitative data)				✓
Perceptions of befriending (qualitative data)				✓

^aProvided to research team after resident provides consent to be involved in the study

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