Table 3.

Measures and timing of assessments.

Measure	Baseline	3-month follow-up (post-intervention)	6-month follow-up	12-month follow-up
Primary outcome
Patient days at home				x
Secondary outcomes
Total health care costs to VA			x	x
Patient & caregiver satisfaction	x	x	x	x
Caregiver depressive symptoms	x	x	x	x
Process/adherence measures
Moderate to severe cognitive impairment of patient	x
Priority learning topics and time of day preferred for training	x
Attendance at group sessions		x
Feedback on intervention		x
Additional measures
Caregiver objective burden	x	x	x	x
Positive aspects of caregiving	x	x	x	x
Caregiver subjective burden	x	x	x	x
Caregiver relationship satisfaction	x	x	x	x
Caregiver health events	x	x	x	x
Caregiver work events	x	x	x	x
Caregiver and patient demographics	x
Patient clinical (OARS)	x
Intervention costs	x	x	x	x