Implementing a Personalized Integrated Stepped-Care Method (STIP-Method) to Prevent and Treat Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Persons With Dementia in Nursing Homes: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study

Helma M F Verstraeten   ¹ , MSc ;   Canan Ziylan   ² , PhD ;   Debby L Gerritsen   ³ , PhD ;   Robbert Huijsman   ⁴ , PhD ;   Miharu Nakanishi   ⁵ , PhD ;   Martin Smalbrugge   ⁶ , MD, PhD ;   Jenny T van der Steen   ^{1, 7} , PhD ;   Sytse U Zuidema   ⁸ , MD, PhD ;   Wilco P Achterberg   ¹ , MD, PhD ;   Ton J E M Bakker   ^{2, 9} , MD, PhD

¹ Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

² Research Centre Innovations in Care, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

³ Department of Primary and Community Care, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

⁴ Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

⁵ Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai-shi, Japan

⁶ Department of Medicine for Older People, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

⁷ Department of Primary and Community Care, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

⁸ Department of Primary Care and Elderly Care Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

⁹ Stichting Wetenschap Balans, Rotterdam, The Netherlands