Table 1 Quantitative data collection
Data type | Data tool | Data source | Detail of data to be collected | Time point(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Newly collected data | Questionnaire 1a | Care home managers (n = 30) | •Care home features (number of beds, registration type, staff by grade, hours and shift, shift patterns, GP support arrangements, CQC ratings) •Demographic information •Prior experience of care home safety and service improvement initiatives •Safety Attitudes Questionnaire | Baseline |
Questionnaire 1b | Care home managers (n = 30) | •Care home features (number of beds, registration type, staff by grade, hours and shift, shift patterns, GP support arrangements, CQC ratings) •Demographic information •Safety Attitudes Questionnaire •Experience of the programme, learning about safety, implementation of any service improvement or safety-related changes at the care home following the programme | 12, 24 months | |
Questionnaire 2a | All (non-manager) staff at participating care homes | •Demographic information •Safety Attitudes Questionnaire •Prior experience of safety and service improvement initiatives | Baseline | |
Questionnaire 2b | All (non-manager) staff (regardless of attendance at training events or care home-based sessions) | •Demographic information •Safety Attitudes Questionnaire •Experience of the programme if the staff member participated; learning about safety and application of learning to individual practice | 12, 24 months | |
Session feedback sheets | All staff attending training and care home-based sessions | •Tick-box feedback sheets about the session attended | Each training or care home-based session | |
Routinely collected data | Adverse safety events | Data that care homes supply to CCG | •Rate of adverse safety events at each care home in the 12 months prior to each data collection point (pressure ulcers, falls, UTIs, infection control issues, medication errors, GP visits to each care home) | 12 months before baseline, 12, 24 months |
Hospital activity | NHS Digital to provide via postcode searching of national datasets | •A&E attendance in the 12 months before each data collection point •Emergency admission rates in the 12 months before each data collection point | 12 months before baseline, 12, 24 months |