Evaluating an intervention to reduce fear of falling and associated activity restriction in elderly persons: design of a randomised controlled trial [ISRCTN43792817]

Table 4 Outcome measures of the process evaluation

Variables	BDI	FU1	FU2	FU3
Performance intervention according to protocol
duration of the sessions	R^f	-	-	-
deviations from protocol	R^f	-	-	-
Attendance of participants
reasons for refusal before the start of the intervention	TI^p	-	-	-
number of sessions visited by each subject	R^f	-	R^f	-
reasons for stopping during the intervention period	TI^p	-	TI^p	-
Adherence of participants
adherence to homework assignments	-	Q^p/Q^f	-	-
adherence to physical exercise	-	Q^p/Q^f	Q^p	Q^p
Opinion about intervention
overall judgement about the intervention	-	Q^p/Q^f	-	-
judgement about the facilitators	-	Q^p/Q^f	-	-
benefit experienced by participants	-	Q^p/Q^f	Q^p	Q^p
strong and weak aspects of the intervention	-	Q^p/Q^f	-	-
recommendations for improvement	-	Q^p/Q^f	Q^f	-

BDI = before or during intervention; FU1 = direct follow-up; FU2 = 6-month follow-up; FU3 = 12-month follow-up
R = registration form filled in after each session; Q = questionnaire; TI = telephone interview
Data collected from: ^f = facilitator; ^p = participant

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