Table 6 Data analysis of domains of intervention

Delivery of clusters (intervention)

1. Was the intervention delivered as intended for each nursing home (cluster)?

A

attendance lists of in-service training in performing case conferences (I), training on the job (II) and case conferences without support (III)

▪ Case conference model (key characteristics)

▪ Descriptive statistics [45]

▪ DNA double helix

▪ Blending

▪ Transformation

B

standardized protocols of dementia-specific case conferences

▪ Case conference model (process structure and key characteristics)

▪ Documentary analysis [46]

C

written documentation of in-service training in performing case conferences (I)and training on the job (II) (deviation from curriculum)

▪ Curriculum (in-service training in performing case conferences (I) and on-the-job training (II))

▪ Documentary analysis [46]

Response and reach of individuals (intervention)

2. Which learning processes of the target population took place in response to the intervention?

D

audiotapes of case conferences of four nursing teams (n =24/6 per team); 2 teams using WELCOME-NEO and 2 teams performing WELCOME-IdA

▪ Act for teams, Kasseler competence inventory [47]

▪ Documentary method [48]

-

3. What is the attitude of the target population toward the intervention?

E

standardized questionnaire to assess attitudes towards case conferences

▪ Adoption model [49]

▪ Descriptive statistics [45]

▪ DNA double helix

▪ Blending

F

standardized questionnaire to evaluate in-service training in performing case conferences (I) and training on the job (II)

▪ Curriculum (in-service training in performing case conferences (I) and on-the-job training (II)

▪ Descriptive statistics [45]

▪ Transformation

G

semi-structured telephone interviews to evaluate case conferences (n = 96/6 per nursing team)

▪ Adoption model [49]

▪ Content analysis [50]

H

semi-structured group interviews to evaluate intervention (n = 12)

▪ Adoption model [49]

▪ Content analysis [50]

I

semi-structured group interviews to evaluate intervention (n = 24, 2 per cluster)

▪ Adoption model [49]

▪ Content analysis [50]

Response of cluster (intervention)

4. How was the intervention adopted by each nursing home (cluster)?

G

semi-structured telephone interviews to evaluate case conferences (n = 96/6 per nursing team)

▪ Adoption model [49]

▪ Content analysis [50]

▪ DNA double helix

▪ Blending

▪ Transformation

I

semi-structured group interviews to evaluate case conferences (n = 24/1 per team)

▪ Adoption model [49]

▪ Content analysis [50]

J

semi-structured group interview to evaluate case conferences (n = 12/1 per cluster)

▪ Adoption model [49]

▪ Content analysis [50]

H

semi-structured group interview to evaluate case conferences (n = 12/1 per cluster)

▪ Adoption model [49]

▪ Content analysis [50]

Recruitment of cluster (intervention)

5. How were the nursing homes (clusters) sampled and recruited for the FallDem study?

N

written documentation of recruitment procedure

-

-

-

6. Why have the nursing homes participated (or not) in the FallDem study?

K

semi-structured telephone interviews to assess ‘care as usual’ (n = 24/1 per team)

-

▪ Content analysis [50]

▪ DNA double helix

I

semi-structured group interviews (n = 24/1 per team)

-

▪ Content analysis [50]

J

semi-structured group interviews (n = 12/1 per cluster)

-

▪ Content analysis [50]

Recruitment and reach of individuals (intervention)

7. How were the participants of the intervention recruited by the cluster, and who in the target population actually received the intervention?

A

attendance lists of in-service training in performing case conferences (I), training on the job (II) and case conferences without support (III)

▪ Case conference model (key characteristics)

▪ Descriptive statistics [45]

▪ DNA double helix

J

semi-structured group interview (n = 12)

-

▪ Content analysis [50]

H

semi-structured group interview (n = 12)

-

▪ Content analysis [50]

Context (intervention)

8. What is the context in which the intervention is being implemented?

K

semi-structured telephone interviews to assess ‘care as usual’ (n = 24)

▪ Case conference model (process structure and key characteristics)

▪ Content analysis [50]

▪ DNA double helix

L

Dementia milieu assessment (DMA)

-

M

standardized questionnaire to assess organizational and structural characteristics of nursing homes/nursing wards

▪ Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) [51, 52]

▪ Descriptive statistics [45]

9. What contextual factors promote or inhibit the implementation of the intervention?

A-M

All data assessed throughout the evaluation process

▪ CFIR [51, 52]

▪ Content analysis [50]

▪ DNA double helix