Table 1.

Characteristics of nursing homes at baseline

	Intervention group				Control group			Total
	C1	C2	C3	C4	C5	C6	C7
Study participants, n	9	20	11	24	24	23	18	129
Long-term care beds, n	40	107	171	165	48	128	115	774
Nursing home wards, n	3	4	4	6	2	4	6	29
Residents per nursing ward	13	27	43	28	24	32	18	27
Estimated prevalence of joint contractures	0.40	0.96	0.19	0.21	0.50	0.31	0.60	0.28
Nursing staff to resident ratio for skilled nurses and assistants	0.49	0.30	0.35	0.38	0.32	0.34	0.30	0.35
Nursing staff to resident ratio for skilled nurses	0.28	0.16	0.19	0.20	0.17	0.16	0.16	0.19