Table 9 Proposed outcomes and methods for a future feasibility study
Area of focus | Proposed outcomes and methods of assessment |
|---|---|
Recruitment capability | • Number of service provider organisations who register an interest to participate • Number of service provider organisations declining the offer • Recruitment rate (HVs): number of HVs who were in attendance (expressed as percent of total number of HVs who were invited) |
Feasibility of delivery (practicality) | • Time required (number of weeks) for recruitment procedures to be completed • Number of intervention sessions required to deliver the intervention to all recruited HVs at the site • The number of intervention sessions delivered at site with the planned number of HVs (provisionally set as 12 HVs) per session • Time required (in hours) for delivery of each session of the intervention |
Fidelity of delivery and fidelity of receipt | • Video-recording of intervention session and intervention facilitator’s completed checklist • 1:1 semi-structured interview with recipients (sub-sample) • 1:1 semi-structured interview with intervention facilitator • Direct observation by trained researcher and researcher’s notes |
Acceptability of the intervention to HVs | • Theoretical framework of acceptability questionnaire (7-item, 5 point Likert scale questionnaire) [58]; an open question can be included in the questionnaire for recipients to provide comments • Feedback from recipients (group interview with sub-sample) |