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Table 4 Definition of outcomes

From: Effects of strategies to improve general practitioner-nurse collaboration and communication in regard to hospital admissions of nursing home residents (interprof ACT): study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial

Domain

Specific measurement

Specific metric

Method of aggregation

Timepoint

t0

t1

t2

NH resident

Primary outcomes

  Hospitalisation

Number of hospitalisation

Within 12 months

Incidence proportion

x

x

x

Secondary outcomes

  Number of admissions to hospital

Number of admissions

Within 12 months

Mean

x

x

x

  Number of hospital days

Number of hospital days

Within 12 months

Mean

x

x

x

  Hospital admissions

Reason for admission, initiation by whom, discharge diagnosis

Within 12 months

Proportion of residents with mentioned measurement categories

x

x

x

  Usage of other medical services

Contact (forms: fax, telephone call, home visit, reason, initiation) to GP, specialists, therapists, emergency medical services, use of rehabilitation clinics, transports for medical reasons

Within 12 months

Proportion of residents with at least one use of other medical services

x

x

x

  Prevalence of inappropriate medication

Usage of PRISCUS criteria

Within 12 months

Proportion of residents with at least one potentially inadequate medication

x

x

x

  Adverse events

Pressure ulcers, chronic wounds, pneumonia, falls

Within 12 months

Proportion of residents with at least one adverse event

x

x

x

  Mortality

Death

Within 12 months

Proportion of residents who died

x

x

x

  Economical evaluation

FIMA Questionnaire

Within 12 months

Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio and cost savings

x

x

x

  Quality of Life-Alzheimer’s Disease

QoL-AD-NH

Within 12 months

Mean (score 1–4)

x

 

x

  EuroQol-5 Dimension-5 Level

EQ-5D-5L

Within 12 months

Mean (5-digit number)

x

 

x

  Satisfaction with medical care

Self-administered questionnaire

Within 12 months

Mean

x

 

x

Nurses

 Interprofessional collaboration

Self-administered questionnaire

Within 12 months

Meana

x

 

x

NH manager

 Interprofessional collaboration

Self-administered questionnaire

Within 12 months

Meana

x

 

x

General practitioner

 Interprofessional collaboration

Self-administered questionnaire

Within 12 months

Meana

x

 

x

  1. aVarious sub-scores, detailed information on specific measures are reported in the separate protocol of the process evaluation (currently under submission)