Table 2.
Overview of the content and description of outcome measures and timing of measurements
| Description and instrument | Timing of measurements | ||||||
| Screening | Baseline | Admission | Discharge | 3 months | 6 months | ||
| Degree of illness based on physiological parameters | Vital signs alarm score; Modified Early Warning Score48 | R | |||||
| Cognitive impairment | 4AT test for delirium*, six-item cognitive impairment test for cognitive impairment*42 49 | R | |||||
| Sociodemographics | Date of birth, nationality, household composition, marital status, highest level of education | R | |||||
| Health status | Charlson Comorbidity Index*50 | R | |||||
| Identifying at-risk patients | Safety management system patient screening (VMS)51 | R | |||||
| Functional status | Activities of daily living (ADL), modified Katz-ADL index score52 | R | R | R | R | ||
| Health status | EuroQol-5D-5L*53 | R | R | R | R | ||
| (Health-related) quality of life, well-being | Icepop capability measure for Older people (ICECAP-O)*54 | R | R | R | R | ||
| Caregiver burden | Self-rated burden scale*, caregiver strain index*55 56 | C | C | C | C | ||
| Medical consumption | Imta Medical Consumption Questionnaire (imcq)*57 | P,C | P,C | P,C | |||
| Hospitalisation-associated geriatric syndromes | Infections, falls, pressure injuries, in case of delirium; delirium observation scale score (DOSS)58 and use of physical or chemical restraints, total days with a urinary catheter | N | |||||
| Nutrition | Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST)59 | N | |||||
| Food intake, fluid intake | N | ||||||
| Pain | Numeric Rating Scale-score (NRS) for pain60 | N | |||||
| Health perception | (Rotterdam) symptom checklist*61 | N | |||||
| Immobility | Hierarchical assessment of balance and mobility (HABAM)62 | Ph | |||||
| Satisfaction with care | Client Satisfaction Questionnaire 8 (CSQ-8)*, care evaluation question*63 64 | P P, C, N, D |
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| Mortality | Mortality at 30 days, 3 months and 6 months after baseline* | N | R | R | |||
| (Re)admission hospital | Length of stay, readmission rate at 30 days, 3 months and 6 months after baseline* | N | R | R | |||
Assessed by: C, caregiver; D, doctor; N, nurse; P, participant; Ph, physiotherapist; R, research nurse.
*All assessments are extra for trial purposes and are not part of the medical treatment.