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Table 2 Overview of the operationalized RE-AIM dimensions and how they were covered in the process evaluation

From: Process evaluation of the implementation of a decision support system to prevent and treat disease-related malnutrition in a hospital setting

RE-AIM dimension

Description

Data collection

When

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