Improving Nursing Home Care through Feedback On PerfoRMance Data (INFORM): Protocol for a cluster-randomized trial

Table 1 Schedule of enrolment, interventions, and assessments (adapted SPIRIT flow diagram [107])

	T_-2 (09/14-04/15)	T_-1 (10/15-11/15)	T₀ (11/15-05/16)	T₁ (05/16-06/16)	T₁ (10/16-11/16)	T₁ (04/17-05/17)	T_x (05/17-12/17)	T_x (01/19-06/19)
	Baseline	Dissemination workshop	Study preparation	Goal setting workshop	Support workshop 1	Support workshop 2	Post intervention	Long-term follow-up
Assessment of primary and secondary study outcomes (all facilities participating in TREC)
TREC survey	X						X	X
RAI-MDS 2.0	X						X	X
Unit profile survey	X						X	X
Facility profile survey	X						X	X
Enrolment (all TREC facilities in Alberta and British Columbia)
Ethics/operational approvals			X
Eligibility screening			X
Randomization/allocation			X
Recruitment and informed consent (BAF/EAF)			X
Study intervention
Standard Feedback (SF)		X
Basic Assisted Feedback (BAF)		X		X	X (virtual)	X (virtual)
Enhanced Assisted Feedback (EAF)		X		X	X (face-to-face)	X (face-to-face)
Ongoing phone/e-mail support (EAF)				–––––––	–––––––	–––––––
Process evaluation
Workshop evaluation surveys (at the end of each workshop)		X		X	X	X
Workshop fidelity checklist and debriefs (at the end of each workshop)		X		X	X	X
Detailed documentation of workshops (participant observations)					X (during workshops)
Focus groups with BAF/EAF unit managers						X (05/2017)		X (12/2018)
Semi-structured interviews with SF unit managers					X (01/2017)
Basic cost evaluation of the intervention				–––––––	–––––––	–––––––

BAF Basic Assisted Feedback; EAF Enhanced Assisted Feedback; SF Standard Feedback

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