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Table 2 Process evaluation indicators, definitions and data collection

From: Process evaluation of a complex workplace intervention to prevent musculoskeletal pain in nursing staff: results from INTEVAL_Spain

Indicator

Level

 

Data collection

Recruitment

Workers

Number of nursing staff who answered the baseline questionnaire of all nursing staff assessed for eligibility that met the inclusion criteria. Based on ERGOPAR Method recommendations we expected a 60% recruitment.

Signed consent and baseline questionnaires.

Provider

NA

Reach

Workers

Number of nursing staff who attended at least 75% of the sessions of the corresponding activity. The research team established a threshold of 75% of minimum attendance of each activity to consider the activity reached.

Participation sheet in each session collected by each experta

Provider

NA

Dose delivered

Workers

NA

Champion internal registry

Provider

The total sessions offered throughout the intervention, and for each component thereof.

Dose received

Workers

Defined as the extent to which nursing staff actively participated in each component of the intervention. The variable was operationalized as the number of sessions that the nursing staff attended in each activity. This variable was categorized into three categories (1) < 50% of the sessions, (2) 50-74%, and (3) 75-100%.

Participation sheet in each session collected by each experta

Provider

NA

Fidelity

Workers

Number of nursing staff who attended > 75% of sessions from those who were enrolled to participate.

Champion internal registry

Provider

The number of sessions performed from those planned according to the protocol. When this item was performed according to the protocol, a fidelity score of 100% was reached. The expected fidelity at provider level for the development of the activities was at least 85% due to that expert professionals were contracted to carry out the activities, and the number of sessions to develop was agreed with themb.

Fulfilment of expectations

Workers

Assessed through the following question asked to the nursing staff: “Did this activity/course meet your expectations?” The answers were given on a Likert scale ranging from 1 to 10, with 10 indicating the highest fulfilment of expectations.

A fulfilment of expectations question at the end of each component.

Provider

NA

 

Satisfaction

Workers

Assessed for all the components of the intervention through the following question asked to the nursing staff: “In general, what is your satisfaction with the activity/course?”. The answers were given on a Likert scale ranging from 1 to 10, with 10 indicating the highest level of satisfaction.

A satisfaction question at the end of each component.

Provider

NA

  1. NA Not available.
  2. aExperts were the Ergonomist, Nordic Walking trainer, mindfulness instructor, Chef and case manager
  3. bNumber of sessions of each activity are specified in Table 1