Table 1 Overview of outcomes, instruments, and assessor at baseline, six, twelve, and eighteen months
Outcome | Instrument | Assessor |
|---|---|---|
Appropriateness of PDU | To be developed | Researcher |
Frequency of PDU | Generic name and ATC code | Researcher |
NPS | ||
  NPS | NPI-Q | Nurse |
  Agitation/aggression | CMAI | Nurse |
  Depression | NORD | Nurse |
  Depression | MDS-DRS | Nurse |
Quality of life | ||
  Quality of life | Qualidem | Nurse |
  (For interpretation of Qualidem) | GDS | Physician |
  Social engagement | RISE | Nurse |
Activities of daily living | Instrument derived from MDS-RAI | Nurse |
Psychotropic drug side effects and adverse events | ||
  Symptoms and disorders related to PDU | Instrument derived from UKU | Physician |
  Cognition | SIB-8 | Physician/representative |
  Hospitalizations | Number, indication, and duration | Physician |
  Mortality | Occurrence | Researcher |