Table 1.
Summary of data collected, outcome measures and time schedule
| Data collected and tool used | Pre-intervention | Monthly | At 6 months only | Post-intervention | |
| Resident | |||||
| Sociodemographics | Age, gender, ethnicity, marital status, highest level of education. | R | – | – | – |
| Service use in the prior month | Client Service Receipt Inventory (ref). Calculates service and total care costs. | R | R | R | R |
| Functional status | The Barthel Index.32 | R | – | R | R |
| Resident quality of life-self rated | EQ-5D-5L (ref) self-rated health index and Visual Analogue Scale of current health state. | P | – | P | P |
| Resident quality of life-proxy rated | EQ-5d-Proxy (ref) care partner or staff member view of the resident’s quality of life. | CP/S | – | CP/S | CP/S |
| Care partner | |||||
| Sociodemographics | Age, gender, ethnicity, marital status, years of schooling, highest level of education. | CP | – | CP | CP |
| Quality of life | EQ-5D-5L EuroQol (1990). | CP | – | CP | CP |
| Preferred role | How much and how they like to be involved in the residents care. | CP | – | – | – |
| Staff | |||||
| Staff sociodemographics | Age, gender, ethnicity, number of years of education. | R | – | – | – |
| Staff work characteristics | Highest qualification, role in care home, length of service, shift pattern, first language. | R | – | – | – |
| Organisational support for person-centred care | The Person-Centred Care Assessment Tool (ref). | S | – | S | S |
| Communication with primary care | Nurse-General Practitioner Communication Needs Assessment Questionnaire. | S | – | S | S |
| Perceived knowledge and skills for early detection in changes in health | Developed from feasibility study. Assesses key knowledge and skills needed to implement the intervention. Rated on 5-point Likert scale; 1 (disagree completely) to 5 (agree completely). | S | – | S | S |
| System-level data | |||||
| Number of hospital admissions | Respiratory infections, urinary tract infections, dehydration, congestive heart failure? | S | S | S | S |
| ‘Avoidability’ of admissions | Structured Implicit Record Review.Saliba et al, 2000 | S | S | S | S |
| Use of primary assessment tool | Respiratory infections, urinary tract infections, dehydration, congestive heart failure? | S | S | S | S |
| Use of secondary assessment tool | Respiratory infections, urinary tract infections, dehydration, congestive heart failure? | S | S | S | S |
| Out of hours GP contacts | GP visits or telephone contact. | S | S | S | S |
| Ambulances and hospital use | Number and length of hospital admissions (days), accident and emergency attendances and readmissions. | S | S | S | S |
| Deaths in the last calendar month | S | S | S | S | |
| Staff turnover | S | S | S | S | |
| Care home occupancy level | Number of available beds to new residents. | S | S | S | S |
CP, care partner; P, participant; R researcher; S, care home staff.