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

Table 6 The number of included residents with completed main components in TIME. Values are numbers (%)

Main components in TIME		Number (%) of included residents for whom the component was performed
1	Use of a 24 h observation form for symptoms or behaviour, N = 96^a	95 (99)
2	Assessment of neuropsychiatric symptoms using the NPI-NH^d, N = 96	90 (94)
3	Assessment of personal life story, N = 96	95 (99)
4	Assessment of depression using the CSDD^e or equivalent scale, N = 96	90 (94)
5	Assessment of activities in daily life using the PSMS^f or equivalent scale, N = 96	93 (96)
6	Pain assessment, N = 96	90 (94)
7	Assessment of degree of dementia with CDR^g or equivalent scale, N = 96	96 (100)
8	Examination by a physician, N = 96	88 (92)
9	Performance of a case conference, N = 93^b	85 (91)
10	Systematic evaluation of treatment measures, N = 90^c	60 (67)

Notes: ^aN = 96, 104 residents were included in the trial in the intervention nursing homes, 7 residents were lost to follow up as 1 nursing home withdrew from the trial 2 weeks after baseline measures, and 1 resident died shortly after baseline; ^b N = 93, as for ^a N = 96 and in addition 2 residents died and 1 resident moved from the nursing home before the case conference was scheduled; ^c N = 90, as for ^b N = 93, and in addition 3 residents died before the evaluation was scheduled; ^dNPI-NH, Neuropsychiatric Inventory-Nursing Home Version [63]; ^eCSDD, Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia [24]; ^fPSMS, Physical Self-Maintenance Scale [29]; ^gCDR, Clinical Dementia Rating Scale [27]

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