Reducing inappropriate, anticholinergic and psychotropic drugs among older residents in assisted living facilities: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Table 1 Study assessment procedures and timetable

Assessment	Comparability of wards; interview	Baseline assessment	Six-month assessment	Twelve-month assessment
Inclusion criteria, informed consent	X
Demographics, diagnoses		X
CDR		X
MMSE		X	X	X
Verbal fluency, clock-drawing test		X	X	X
MNA		X
Drug use		X	X	X
15D QOL measure		X	X	X
PWB scale		X	X	X
RAI assessment	X	X	X	X
Falls			X	X
Hospitalization, use of health and social services, mortality				X
X

CDR, clinical dementia rating scale (Hughes et al. 1982); MMSE, Mini Mental State Examination (Folstein et al. 1972); MNA, Mini Nutritional Assessment (Guigoz et al. 2002); 15D, health-related quality of life scale (Sintonen et al. 1990); PWB, psychological well-being scale (Routasalo et al. 2009); RAI, Resident Assessment Instrument (Morris et al. 2000).

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