Table 1 Components of implementation, indicators, data collection and analysis
Component | Indicator | Data collection | Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|
Preparation phase | |||
 Recruitment and evaluation | -Recruitment process -Participant number -Time to recruit -Refusal rates -Feasibility/suitability inclusion criteria -Obstacles recruitment -Relevance of program to population | -Project notes | -Document analysis [32] |
 Reach | Number of DSPs from team | Project notes during delivery | -Calculation of DSPs from team |
 Context | -Environment changes (physical, social, political) -Other interventions | -Questionnaire DSPs -Questionnaire managers -Interviews DSPs | -Check on changes in environment beside the program -Check on other interventions (yes/no) |
Implementation phase | |||
 Dose delivered | Completion program | Project notes during delivery | -Calculation of completion of each part of the program |
 Dose received | -Execution of assignments -Activity during sessions | -Questionnaire DSPs -Reflection of trainers on sessions -Reflection of researcher (AO) on one session -Quality of assignments | -Descriptive statistics -Quality assignments checked with the following question: ‘Do the assignments show that the DSP understood the assignment?’ [23], and scored according to the following categories: ++ Almost everything on the assignment is correct, + there are more points on the assignment that are correct than points that are not correct, − there are fewer points on the assignment that are correct than points that do not match, -- almost everything on the assignment is not correct. |
 Fidelity | Execution of sessions by trainers | -Reflection of trainers on sessions -Reflection of researcher (AO) on one session | -Descriptive statistics |
 Acceptability/suitability program | -Fit of program in daily practice (trainers, DSPs, managers) -Acceptability of program for DSPs and managers -Time/capacity to complete program (DSPs, managers) | -Reflection of trainers on sessions -Questionnaire DSPs -Questionnaire managers -Interviews DSPs | -Document analysis -Descriptive statistics -Conventional content analysis [33] |
 Factors during implementation | -Facilitators/barriers during implementation (expertise, capacity, budget, equipment available) | -Project notes during implementation | -Document analysis |
 Evaluation of data collection process | -Feasibility/suitability data collection procedures (missing data, understanding questions, time-consuming) -Sensitivity of outcome measures to changes after the program | -Project notes during data collection -Evaluation of outcomes in relation to methods | -Document analysis |
Outcomes | |||
 Changes after the program | -Goal achievement after program -Actual application in practice (DSPs, assignments, managers) -Attitude DSPs (T0, T1 and T2) -Food intake people with ID (T0, T2) -Physical activity of people with ID (T0, T2) | -Questionnaire DSPs -Questionnaire managers -Interviews DSPs -Assignments -Food diaries -Actigraph/Actiwatch/ Inventory of daily activity program | -Descriptive statistics -Conventional content analysis [33] -Application check assignments -Attitude changes: linear mixed models [34] in statistical programming language R [35]. -Food diaries: descriptive statistics, Wilcoxon signed Rank test -Actigraph: descriptive statistics, Wilcoxon signed Rank test -Actiwatch: descriptive statistics, calculating %inactive/active time -Inventory of daily activity program: descriptive statistics, Wilcoxon signed Rank test |