TIME to reduce agitation in persons with dementia in nursing homes. A process evaluation of a complex intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Targeted Intervention Interdisciplinary Model for Evaluation and Treatment of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms (TIME) has recently in a three-month cluster randomised controlled trial demonstrated reduction in agitation in nursing home residents with dementia. To ease replication and future implementation, and to clarify possible causal mechanisms, we performed a process evaluation of the intervention based on the RE-AIM framework (Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, Maintenance).

Methods

An exploratory and a quasi-experimental design with mixed methods were used. The RE-AIM dimensions were explored by questionnaires to 807 staff members and 46 leading ward nurses in both the intervention nursing homes (INH) and the control nursing homes (CNH), before the

SUBMITTER: Lichtwarck B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6544967 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature