Table 4.
Definition of outcomes
| Domain | Specific measurement | Specific metric | Method of aggregation | Timepoint | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| t0 | t1 | t2 | ||||
| NH resident | ||||||
| Primary outcomes | ||||||
| Hospitalisation | Number of hospitalisation | Within 12 months | Incidence proportion | x | x | x |
| Secondary outcomes | ||||||
| Number of admissions to hospital | Number of admissions | Within 12 months | Mean | x | x | x |
| Number of hospital days | Number of hospital days | Within 12 months | Mean | x | x | x |
| Hospital admissions | Reason for admission, initiation by whom, discharge diagnosis | Within 12 months | Proportion of residents with mentioned measurement categories | x | x | x |
| Usage of other medical services | Contact (forms: fax, telephone call, home visit, reason, initiation) to GP, specialists, therapists, emergency medical services, use of rehabilitation clinics, transports for medical reasons | Within 12 months | Proportion of residents with at least one use of other medical services | x | x | x |
| Prevalence of inappropriate medication | Usage of PRISCUS criteria | Within 12 months | Proportion of residents with at least one potentially inadequate medication | x | x | x |
| Adverse events | Pressure ulcers, chronic wounds, pneumonia, falls | Within 12 months | Proportion of residents with at least one adverse event | x | x | x |
| Mortality | Death | Within 12 months | Proportion of residents who died | x | x | x |
| Economical evaluation | FIMA Questionnaire | Within 12 months | Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio and cost savings | x | x | x |
| Quality of Life-Alzheimer’s Disease | QoL-AD-NH | Within 12 months | Mean (score 1–4) | x | x | |
| EuroQol-5 Dimension-5 Level | EQ-5D-5L | Within 12 months | Mean (5-digit number) | x | x | |
| Satisfaction with medical care | Self-administered questionnaire | Within 12 months | Mean | x | x | |
| Nurses | ||||||
| Interprofessional collaboration | Self-administered questionnaire | Within 12 months | Meana | x | x | |
| NH manager | ||||||
| Interprofessional collaboration | Self-administered questionnaire | Within 12 months | Meana | x | x | |
| General practitioner | ||||||
| Interprofessional collaboration | Self-administered questionnaire | Within 12 months | Meana | x | x | |
aVarious sub-scores, detailed information on specific measures are reported in the separate protocol of the process evaluation (currently under submission)