Improving Quality of Life in Nursing Homes: The Structured Resident Interview Approach

Table 2

Sample QOL.SRI item.

Domain	Item	Importance	How often?	How important?	In-depth probes
Relationships	In the past month, have people who work here stopped just to have a friendly conversation with you?	1.5 Yes	4 Always; 3 Often
		3.8 No	2 Rarely; 1 Never	1 Very; 2 Somewhat
				3 Not very; 4 Not important; 1.5 Important but cannot do (no choice)	Where do these conversations usually occur?; When do these conversations occur?; Who do you wish you could talk to more often?