Table 2
Schedule of enrolment, interventions and data collection following the SPIRIT guidelines
| Study period | ||||
| Enrolment | Postallocation | |||
| Time point | Prestudy | Before staff training (T0) | After staff training (T1) | After the implementation phase (T3) |
| Enrolment: | ||||
| Eligibility screen | X | |||
| Informed consent | X | |||
| Intervention: | ||||
| CogStim24 |
| |||
| Assessments: | ||||
| Demographics and clinical data | X | |||
| Global cognition (MMSE and ADAS-Cog) | X | X | X | |
| Quality of Life (QoL-AD) | X | X | X | |
| BPSD (NPI-NH) | X | X | X | |
| Depression (GDS and CSDD) | X | X | X | |
| Work-related Quality of life/ Stress experience (RCB-related Distress Index) | X | X | X | |
ADAS-Cog, Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Cognitive Scale; BPSD, behavioural and psychiatric symptoms in dementia; CSDD, Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia; GDS, Geriatric Depression Scale; RCB-Related Distress Index, Residents' challenging behaviour Related Distress Index; MMSE, Mini-Mental State Examination; NPI-NH, Neuropsychiatric Inventory Nursing Home Version; QoL-AD, Quality of Life in Alzheimer’s Disease; SPIRIT, Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for Interventional Trials.