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Table 4 Timeline for the adaptive cluster-randomized trial

From: Measuring the effects of a personalized music intervention on agitated behaviors among nursing home residents with dementia: design features for cluster-randomized adaptive trial

 

Period 1

(June 2019–January 2020)

Period 2

(February 2020–April 2021)

Period 3

(June 2021–February 2022)

Sequence 1 (27 nursing homes)

Intervention*† (405 residents)

Use implementation data from period 1 to identify residents who are most likely to benefit from the intervention, to improve enrollment for period 3

 

Sequence 2 (27 nursing homes)

Control*† (405 residents)

Intervention*† (405 residents)

Sequence 3 (27 nursing homes)

 

Control*† (405 residents

  1. *Onsite primary data collection at baseline, 4 months, and 8 months, to interview staff about resident behaviors in the past week using the Cohen-Mansfield Agitated Inventory and to directly observed behaviors using Agitation Behavior Mapping Instrument
  2. †Secondary data transferred monthly to capture agitated behaviors as reported in the Minimum Data Set and current medication orders as recorded in the electronic medical record
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