Table 3.
Data collection for domains of intervention
| Research question | Data source | Informant of data collection | Procedure of data collection | Time of data collection | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delivery of clusters (intervention) | 1. Was the intervention delivered as intended to each nursing home (cluster)? | A | attendance lists of in-service training in performing case conferences (I), training on the job (II) and case conferences without support (III) | - | proxy: assessed by trainers of project team | during in-service training, trainings on the job and case conferences without support |
| B | standardized protocols of dementia-specific case conferences | - | documented by keeper of the minutes of case conference | during on-the-job training and case conferences without support | ||
| C | written documentation of in-service training in performing case conferences (I) and training on the job (II) (deviation from curriculum) | trainers | documented by trainers of project team | after in-service training and on-the-job training | ||
| Response of individuals (intervention) | 2. Which learning processes of the target population took place in response to the intervention? | D | audiotape of case conferences for four nursing teams (n = 24/6 per team); 2 teams using WELCOME-NEO, and 2 teams performing WELCOME-IdA | - | audiotaped by project team | during 2 on-the-job trainings and 4 case conferences without support |
| 3. What is the attitude of the target population toward the intervention? | E | standardized questionnaire to assess attitudes toward case conferences | nursing teams | self-assessed by nursing teams | T0 to T6 | |
| F | standardized questionnaire to evaluate in-service training in performing case conferences (I) and training on the job (II) | nursing teams | self-assessed by participants | after in-service training and on-the-job training | ||
| G | semi-structured telephone interviews to evaluate case conferences (n = 96/4 per nursing team) | head nurses | interviewed by project team | during intervention phase | ||
| H | semi-structured group interview to evaluate intervention (n = 12) | moderators | interviewed by project team | at end of intervention phase | ||
| I | semi-structured group interviews to evaluate intervention (n = 24, 2 per cluster) | 2 core teams | interviewed by project team | at end of intervention phase | ||
| Response of cluster (intervention) | 4. How was the intervention adopted by each nursing home (cluster)? | G | semi-structured telephone interviews to evaluate case conferences (n = 96/4 per nursing team) | head nurses | interviewed by project team | during intervention phase |
| I | semi-structured group interviews to evaluate case conferences (n = 24/1 per team) | 2 core teams | interviewed by project team | at end of intervention phase | ||
| J | semi-structured group interview to evaluate case conferences (n = 12/1 per cluster) | steering groups | interviewed by project team | at end of intervention phase | ||
| H | semi-structured group interview to evaluate case conferences (n = 12/1 per cluster) | moderators | interviewed by project team | at end of intervention phase | ||
| Recruitment of cluster (intervention) | 5. How were the nursing homes (clusters) sampled and recruited for the FallDem study? | N | written documentation of recruitment procedure | project team | project team | during recruitment of cluster |
| 6. Why have the nursing homes participated (or not) in the FallDem study? | K | semi-structured telephone interviews to assess ‘care as usual’ (n = 24/1 per team) | head nurses | interviewed by project team | at baseline (T0) | |
| I | semi-structured group interviews (n = 24/1 per team) | 2 core teams | interviewed by project team | at end of intervention phase | ||
| J | semi-structured group interview (n = 12/1 per cluster) | steering groups | interviewed by project team | at end of intervention phase | ||
| Recruitment and reach of individuals (intervention) | 7. How were the participants of the intervention recruited by the cluster, and who in the target population actually received the intervention? | A | attendance lists of in-service training in performing case conferences (I), training on the job (II) and case conferences without support (III) | - | proxy: assessed by trainers of project team | during in-service trainings, on-the-job trainings and case conferences with support |
| J | semi-structured group interview (n = 12) | steering groups | interviewed by project team | at end of intervention phase | ||
| H | semi-structured group interview (n = 12) | moderators | interviewed by project team | at end of intervention phase | ||
| Context (intervention) | 8. What is the context in which the intervention is being implemented? | K | semi-structured telephone interviews to assess ‘care as usual’ (n = 24) | head nurses | interviewed by project team | at baseline (T0) |
| L | Dementia Milieu Assessment (DMA) | - | proxy: assessed by project team | T0 and T6 | ||
| M | standardized questionnaire to assess organizational and structural characteristics of nursing home/nursing wards | manager/head nurses | self-assessed by manager of nursing homes/head nurses of nursing wards | T0 to T6 | ||
| 9. What contextual factors promote or inhibit the implementation of the intervention? | A-N | all data assessed throughout process evaluation | - | - | - | |