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Table 3 Fidelity as measured by ratings out of 10 provided during end-of-project interviews by project leads from each hospital

From: Implementation, spread and impact of the Patient Oriented Discharge Summary (PODS) across Ontario hospitals: a mixed methods evaluation

Measure

All Hospitals

Acute

Rehab

Academic

Community

Small

Consistency

8.6

8.7

8.3

8.6

8.3

10.0

Completeness

8.0

7.6

8.6

8.1

7.9

8.6

Content Quality

8.5

8.2

8.8

8.8

8.3

10.0

Process Quality

8.0

7.9

8.0

8.1

7.9

8.7

Average

8.3

8.1

8.4

8.4

8.1

9.3

  1. Consistency in how often PODS was used, whether use was complete by using all elements of the intervention, the quality of the content in terms of patient centredness and use of plain language, and the quality of the process in terms of use of teach back and involvement of caregivers during delivery of the intervention