Table 2 Potential progression criteria used to monitor interventions
Progression criteria | Description | Example targets |
|---|---|---|
Recruitment | Family/parent/child enrolment | Number of women enrolled on to a programme per year |
Reach | Enrolment of population with intended characteristics | Sample representative of population ethnicity (White British: 25%, Pakistani: 50%, Eastern European: 10%) |
Implementation | Activities designed to deliver the intervention | Number of volunteers trained to deliver peer support |
Satisfaction | Family/parent/child satisfaction with intervention content and/or delivery | Percentage of parents recommending a course in response to Friends and Family test |
Completion | Intervention completion / attendance rate | Proportion of families attending at least 5/8 sessions |
Fidelity | Extent to which intervention is delivered as intended | Percentage of women receiving continuity of care from a midwife |
Data quality | Quality of data routinely collected by intervention teams | Proportion of missing/incomplete data from questionnaires |