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Table 1 List of what constitute the intervention and control group

From: A cluster-randomized trial of a complex intervention to encourage deprescribing antidepressants in nursing home residents with dementia: a study protocol

Intervention group

Control group

- Educational session for GPs

- Instructed to complete 10–15 home visits at the nursing home with optimizing antidepressants and other psychotropic medication

- Instructed to evaluate neuropsychiatric symptoms before and after the visit using a structured form

- Instructed to complete a teaching session at the nursing home with pre-defined teaching material

- Instructed to contact the nursing home before the home visit to encourage the participation of regular staff and relatives in the home visit or to obtain information from regular staff and relatives before the home visit

- Employment of a dialog tool

- Educational session for GPs

- Instructed to complete 10–15 home visits at the nursing home with optimizing antidepressants and other psychotropic medication

- Instructed to evaluate neuropsychiatric symptoms before and after the visit using a structured form