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Table 1 Data collected from care-homes

From: The OPERA trial: a protocol for the process evaluation of a randomised trial of an exercise intervention for older people in residential and nursing accommodation

Data

Source

Number of homes overall;

Home Recruitment log (number approached, declined)

Size of home (including number beds and actual occupancy);

Initial CRF1, CQC2 report

Type of home in terms of specialty (e.g. Specialist or not);

Initial CRF, CQC report

Type of home in terms of funding (e.g. independent, charity, group or council/PCT run);

Initial CRF, CQC report

Level of activity already within home (classes, trips?)

Initial CRF

Facilities available within the home - accessible garden, exercise studio, ballroom, rooms for communal activities?

Initial CRF, CQC report, physiotherapist data

  1. 1Case Report Form, Data collection forms; 2 Care Quality Commission reports obtained from website.