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Table 3 Data collection in the process domain “implementation”

From: Process evaluation of a multi-disciplinary complex intervention to improve care for older patients with chronic conditions in rural areas (the HandinHand Study): study protocol

Process domain indicator

Topic

Data sources

N (planned number of persons per data collection)

Data collection methods (number of planned data collections where applicable)

Operationalisation/ Parameters

Data type

      

Quant

Qual

Fidelity

Initial orientation/ training and ongoing professional development

HiH Training concept

n.a

File review

Structure and content of initial orientation/ training and ongoing professional development

 

descriptive

 

EN team leader

1

2

Questionnaire (3),

interviews (3)

Frequency and individual content of initial orientation/ training and ongoing professional development

Competencies

HiH project team documentation

n.a

File review

Required competencies and how these are acquired

 

descriptive

Interventions requested/ planned and interventions implemented

ePA

All patients

Clinical documentation

Content and number of referral requests

Number and type of additional needs identified

Content and number of interventions implemented

 

Establishment of the ENC service

ENs

10

Interviews (2)

Barriers and facilitators for ENC service establishment

 

EN team leader

2

Interviews (3)

Barriers and facilitators for ENC service establishment

 

Principal investigator

1

Interviews (2)

Barriers and facilitators for ENC service establishment

 

Reach

Recruitment strategies and mechanisms

Principal investigator

1

Questionnaires (2), interviews (2)

Methods of recruitment incl. barriers and facilitators

EN team leader

1

2

Questionnaires (3), interviews (3)

Methods of recruitment incl. barriers and facilitators

GPs

All GPs

Questionnaires (3), focus groups (1)

Methods of recruitment incl. barriers and facilitators

HiH Recruitment concept

n.a

File review

Recruitment strategies

 

descriptive

Patients

2–4

Interviews (6)

How do patients become aware of the study and possibility of participation

 

Relatives

2–4

Interviews (6)

How do relatives become aware of the study and possibility of participation

 

Patient selection

GPs

All GPs

Questionnaires (3)

Number of eligible patients, how many were excluded and why

 

Dose

Frequency of care

ePA

All patients

Clinical documentation

Number of visits

 

Duration of care

ePA

All patients

Clinical documentation

Duration of

- direct patient care

- indirect patient care

- travel time

 

Adaptations

Person-centred adjustments to the specific interventions

ePA

All patients

Clinical documentation

Content and number of adjustments of interventions with reasons

 

Narratives

n.a

Case studies

Context in which the intervention was adapted

  
  1. EN Expert nurse, ENC Expert nursing centre, EN Team leader Team leader of the expert nurses, ePA Electronic patient documentation system, GP General practitioner, HiH HandinHand study, Quant. Quantitave, Qual. Qualitative