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• Phase 2 is a mixed-methods pilot cluster RCT with a waitlist control and embedded process evaluation. — VR-CARE: a protocol for a mixed-methods study and pilot trial with embedded process evaluation to develop and evaluate virtual reality training for risk reduction in care homes
• The Phase 2 intervention consists of the VR training package plus the implementation toolkit. — VR-CARE: a protocol for a mixed-methods study and pilot trial with embedded process evaluation to develop and evaluate virtual reality training for risk reduction in care homes
• Phase 2 tests feasibility, acceptability, usability, cybersickness measures, culture measures, resident outcome data collection and implementation methods for a later full RCT. — VR-CARE: a protocol for a mixed-methods study and pilot trial with embedded process evaluation to develop and evaluate virtual reality training for risk reduction in care homes
• Randomisation is stratified by care home size, with each arm receiving one small, one medium and one large care home. — VR-CARE: a protocol for a mixed-methods study and pilot trial with embedded process evaluation to develop and evaluate virtual reality training for risk reduction in care homes
• Six North England care homes will be recruited to reflect diversity by type, bed size, ownership and deprivation. — VR-CARE: a protocol for a mixed-methods study and pilot trial with embedded process evaluation to develop and evaluate virtual reality training for risk reduction in care homes
• The pilot will not conduct a definitive economic evaluation. — VR-CARE: a protocol for a mixed-methods study and pilot trial with embedded process evaluation to develop and evaluate virtual reality training for risk reduction in care homes