RE-AIM dimension | Description | Data collection | When |
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Reach | Proportion of patients who participated in the trial and reasons for decline | Register the number of patients who consent to participate in the randomized controlled trial (n = 100). Register age, gender and reason for patient decline in the trial (n = 20) | Within 48 h after hospital admission |
Effectiveness | MyFood’s ability to prevent and treat malnutrition | Reported elsewhere [7] | During the patients’ hospital stay |
Adoption | The proportion of nurses who used the MyFood system | Technical log data (n = 63). Questionnaires to nurses (n = 68) | Log data: During the trial. Questionnaires: At the end of the trial |
Implementation | Fidelity to the MyFood system. Attitudes and experiences with the use. Usability of MyFood. | Questionnaire to nurses (n = 68) and patients (n = 40). Focus groups with nurses (3 groups, n = 14 in total). Individual interviews with patients (n = 12) | At the end of the data collection period for the nurses. At the end of the hospital stay for the patients |
Maintenance | The extent to which the intervention was sustained over time | The data collection was performed during a limited period; hence we did not have the opportunity to study maintenance over a longer period | Not measured |