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Table 2 Outcome measures

From: The design of the Dutch EASYcare study: a randomised controlled trial on the effectiveness of a problem-based community intervention model for frail elderly people [NCT00105378]

Variable

   

Instrument

   

Background variable

    

Secondary outcome

     

Primary outcome

  

Measured at

T 0

T 1

T 2

Functional performance (ADL/IADL)

GARS-3 [27]

• Mobility

Timed up and go test [44]

Health Related quality of life

MOS-20 [26]

Mood

Subscale mental health MOS-20

Well-being

Cantril self-anchoring ladder [45]

    

Dementia Quality of Life questionnaire [46]

    

question general life satisfaction

Cognition

MMSE [25]

Social functioning

Loneliness scale de Jong-Gierveld [47]

Mortality

 

Housing conditions/sort of residence

Own questionnaire

Subjective treatment effects (participant, informal carer)

Patient Enablement Instrument [48]

Burden informal carer

Zarit Burden Interview [41]

 

Questions taken from 'Zorgkompas Mantelzorger' [49]

Time spend on care (informal carer)

Own questionnaire

Age (participant, informal carer)

Own questionnaire

Sex (participant, informal carer)

Own questionnaire

Socio-economic status

Own questionnaire, classify using ISEI-92 [50]

• (Former) occupation

Own questionnaire, classify using SBC-92 [50]

Nativity

Own questionnaire

Co-morbidity

Cumulative Illness Rating Scale-Geriatrics (CIRS-G) [51] from medical history in GP Information System

Use of home care

Own questionnaire

  1. T0 is baseline measurement
  2. T1 is first follow up measurement, after 3 months
  3. T2 is second follow up measurement, after 6 months