Table 3 Outcomes and data collected as part of process evaluation

To improve quality of care for those over 65 years old resident in care homes

Falls

Fall rate per person at 3 months

Care home falls record

Fall rate per person at 6 months

Care home falls record

Quality of life

Self-reported quality of life

Face-to-face self-reported EQ-5D-5 L (only applicable for participants with capacity) at baseline, 3 months and 6 months

Carer-assessed quality of life

Proxy EQ-5D-5 L (quality of life) at baseline, 3 months and 6 months

Physical functioning

Carer-assessed physical functioning

Proxy Barthel Index (physical functioning) at baseline and 6 months

Health service utilisation and associated costs

Costs of care (medication, healthcare team contacts, monitoring and tests)

GP records at baseline and 6 months

DBI

Calculate DBI based on medications

GP records at baseline and 6 months

To assess intervention safety

Mortality

Information on numbers dying and time to death.

Monthly call to care homes

Hospitalisations

(Note: not always a negative marker of safety)

Information on numbers hospitalised

Monthly call to care homes

Global view^a

Perceptions of GPs

GP interview

Perceptions of care home staff

Care home staff interviews

Perception of residents/consultee/WPOA

Resident/consultee/WPOA interviews

Perceptions of PIPs

PIP interview

Adverse events^a

New drug related symptoms

Stakeholder feedback using standard template

Serious adverse events^a

See hospitalisations/deaths

Monthly call to care homes

Sudden unexpected serious adverse events^a

See hospitalisations/deaths

Feedback from GPs/independent medical assessor on causal link with PIP intervention