Table 4.

Overview of concepts, measures, and measurements to assess the implementation of the STIP-Method, a personalized integrated stepped-care method.

Source and assessment			Measurement instrument		Time of measurement
				Start implementation		End implementation
Advisory board meetings
	Facilitators and barriers	Advisory boards at each facilitya
		Collective advisory board meeting (all 4 facilities)b
		Project groupc
Patient records
	Availability and date of completion of 5 phases of clinical reasoning + 4 stepped-care interventions	Quality standard: STIP-Method		✓		✓
	Quality check patient records with a 4-point scale (good, sufficient, insufficient, and missing)	Quality standard: STIP-Method		✓		✓
BPSDd Care
	Neuropsychiatric symptoms	Neuropsychiatric Inventory		✓		✓
	Broad needs assessment	Inventory of causes based on Dynamic System Analysis		✓		✓
	Cognitive functioning	Mini-Mental State Examination		✓		✓
	Activities of daily living	Barthel Index		✓		✓
	Pain	Pain Assessment in Impaired Cognition		✓		✓
Pharmacists’ electronic patient records
	Medication use	Use of the ATCe classification system on psychotropic medication: antipsychotics (N05A), anxiolytics (N05B), hypnotics (N05C), antidepressants (N06A), anti-dementia medication (N06D), and anti-epileptic medication (N03)		✓		✓
Patient records
	Demographics	Organization and facility		✓		✓
		Type of dementia		✓		✓
		Date of admission to nursing home		✓		✓
		Demographics: sex, date of birth		✓		✓
		Restraint use		✓		✓
		Reported aggression incidents		✓		✓
Online survey
	Evaluation of the STIP-Method	Short evaluation of ongoing implementation of the STIP-Method, including the BPSD web application. To assess feasibility, satisfaction, job satisfaction		✓		✓
	Process evaluation advisory board meetings	Evaluation of using advisory board groups. Focusing on frequency, composition, utility, and effects				✓
Semistructured interview
	Process evaluation of the STIP-Method	Board members and local project leaders				✓

^aEvery 6 weeks (12 in total).

^bEvery 6 months (4 in total).

^cEvery 3 months (8 in total).

^dBPSD: Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia

^eATC: Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical.