Table 6.
Data analysis of domains of intervention
| Domain | Research question | Data source | Theoretical basis | Method of data analysis | Method of data integration | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delivery of clusters (intervention) | 1. Was the intervention delivered as intended for 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) | ▪ Case conference model (key characteristics) | ▪ Descriptive statistics [45] | ▪ DNA double helix |
| ▪ Blending | ||||||
| ▪ Transformation | ||||||
| B | standardized protocols of dementia-specific case conferences | ▪ Case conference model (process structure and key characteristics) | ▪ Documentary analysis [46] | |||
| C | written documentation of in-service training in performing case conferences (I)and training on the job (II) (deviation from curriculum) | ▪ Curriculum (in-service training in performing case conferences (I) and on-the-job training (II)) | ▪ Documentary analysis [46] | |||
| Response and reach of individuals (intervention) | 2. Which learning processes of the target population took place in response to the intervention? | D | audiotapes of case conferences of four nursing teams (n =24/6 per team); 2 teams using WELCOME-NEO and 2 teams performing WELCOME-IdA | ▪ Act for teams, Kasseler competence inventory [47] | ▪ Documentary method [48] | - |
| 3. What is the attitude of the target population toward the intervention? | E | standardized questionnaire to assess attitudes towards case conferences | ▪ Adoption model [49] | ▪ Descriptive statistics [45] | ▪ DNA double helix | |
| ▪ Blending | ||||||
| F | standardized questionnaire to evaluate in-service training in performing case conferences (I) and training on the job (II) | ▪ Curriculum (in-service training in performing case conferences (I) and on-the-job training (II) | ▪ Descriptive statistics [45] | ▪ Transformation | ||
| G | semi-structured telephone interviews to evaluate case conferences (n = 96/6 per nursing team) | ▪ Adoption model [49] | ▪ Content analysis [50] | |||
| H | semi-structured group interviews to evaluate intervention (n = 12) | ▪ Adoption model [49] | ▪ Content analysis [50] | |||
| I | semi-structured group interviews to evaluate intervention (n = 24, 2 per cluster) | ▪ Adoption model [49] | ▪ Content analysis [50] | |||
| 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 = 96/6 per nursing team) | ▪ Adoption model [49] | ▪ Content analysis [50] | ▪ DNA double helix |
| ▪ Blending | ||||||
| ▪ Transformation | ||||||
| I | semi-structured group interviews to evaluate case conferences (n = 24/1 per team) | ▪ Adoption model [49] | ▪ Content analysis [50] | |||
| J | semi-structured group interview to evaluate case conferences (n = 12/1 per cluster) | ▪ Adoption model [49] | ▪ Content analysis [50] | |||
| H | semi-structured group interview to evaluate case conferences (n = 12/1 per cluster) | ▪ Adoption model [49] | ▪ Content analysis [50] | |||
| Recruitment of cluster (intervention) | 5. How were the nursing homes (clusters) sampled and recruited for the FallDem study? | N | written documentation of recruitment procedure | - | - | - |
| 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) | - | ▪ Content analysis [50] | ▪ DNA double helix | |
| I | semi-structured group interviews (n = 24/1 per team) | - | ▪ Content analysis [50] | |||
| J | semi-structured group interviews (n = 12/1 per cluster) | - | ▪ Content analysis [50] | |||
| 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) | ▪ Case conference model (key characteristics) | ▪ Descriptive statistics [45] | ▪ DNA double helix |
| J | semi-structured group interview (n = 12) | - | ▪ Content analysis [50] | |||
| H | semi-structured group interview (n = 12) | - | ▪ Content analysis [50] | |||
| 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) | ▪ Case conference model (process structure and key characteristics) | ▪ Content analysis [50] | ▪ DNA double helix |
| L | Dementia milieu assessment (DMA) | - | ||||
| M | standardized questionnaire to assess organizational and structural characteristics of nursing homes/nursing wards | ▪ Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) [51, 52] | ▪ Descriptive statistics [45] | |||
| 9. What contextual factors promote or inhibit the implementation of the intervention? | A-M | All data assessed throughout the evaluation process | ▪ CFIR [51, 52] | ▪ Content analysis [50] | ▪ DNA double helix | |