Table A1.
Interview topic guide
| A. Introduction | ||||
| Question | Prompts | |||
| 1. Can I ask you to introduce yourself and describe your role in commissioning, supporting, promoting or delivering dementia-friendly exercise- and activity-based interventions? | • Can you tell me about your professional background and work in your organisation? | |||
| 2. Have you previously heard of, or been involved in, the PrAISED programme? |
• [If Yes] Can you tell me about this? • [If No] Provide brief summary of the programme |
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| B. Requirements for adoption | ||||
| Question | Prompts | |||
| Thinking now about the requirements for future adoption of dementia-friendly services… | ||||
| 3. Do you think there is a need for new dementia-friendly exercise- and activity-based interventions? | • Why do you think it is important to commission, promote or deliver new dementia-friendly exercise- and activity-based interventions? | |||
| 4. Who are the key influential organisations/stakeholders who should be involved in the commissioning or implementation of a new dementia-friendly exercise- and activity-based intervention? |
• To what extent will they influence others' use of the intervention? • The success of the implementation? |
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| 5. What are the main factors which influence whether a new service is commissioned/funded and implemented? |
• What kind of local or national policy or measures would influence your decision to commission or implement a new exercise- and activity-based intervention for people with dementia? • What do you think the policy drivers are in this area (local/national priorities)? • Performance measures, regulations, or guidelines? |
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| C. Future funding and commissioning | ||||
| Question | Prompts | |||
| I would like to ask you some questions about what helps to get dementia-friendly services funded or commissioned… | ||||
| 6. What dementia-friendly exercise- and activity-based interventions do you currently commission/fund, promote or deliver? | ||||
| 7. What would persuade you to commission/fund, promote or deliver new exercise- and activity-based interventions (like PrAISED) in the future? |
What else would be required to support the commissioning: • What role does research evidence/other kinds of evidence play in that decision? • Commissioning/funding process • Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) • NHS Long Term Plan • [National Dementia Strategy] |
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| 8. Who do they think could fund a dementia-friendly exercise- and activity-based intervention such as PrAISED? | • Who do you think would fund such an intervention? | |||
| D. Barriers and facilitators to adoption | ||||
| Question | Prompts | |||
| I would like to ask you some questions about commissioning and implementing new dementia-friendly services… | ||||
| 9. What are the main barriers to commissioning or implementing new exercise- and activity-based interventions for people with dementia into clinical practice? | ||||
| 10. What are the main facilitators for commissioning or implementing new exercise- and activity-based interventions for people with dementia into clinical practice? | ||||
| E. Long-term sustainability | ||||
| Question | Prompts | |||
| I would like to ask you some questions about the long-term sustainability of dementia-friendly services… | ||||
| 11. What do you think it would take to make an exercise- and activity-based intervention for people with dementia sustainable as a service? |
• Who should pay for it in the future? • Could it be self-funding? • Is the delivery model sustainable? • Is there a demand for it? |
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| 12. How do you think the PrAISED training could be delivered? |
• Who could provide the training? • Format and structure e.g., face to face or e-training/digital? • Content? • Frequency/refresher sessions? • Community of Practice? |
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| 13. Which professional groups do you believe will be able to deliver new exercise- and activity-based interventions for people with dementia? | • Please give examples of who e.g., exercise instructors? | |||
| 14. Are you aware of any dementia-friendly services that patients could be referred to after completing an exercise- and activity-based intervention to support long-term participation in activity? | • [If Yes] Can you please describe these? | |||
| F. Closing questions | ||||
| Question | Prompts | |||
| 15. Is there anything we haven’t covered that you think we ought to know about commissioning, promoting or delivering PrAISED in routine practice or what we have discussed today? | • What advice would you give to the provider of a new exercise- and activity-based intervention for people with dementia in relation to getting the intervention commissioned, supported and promoted? | |||
| 16. Is there anyone else who you think we should interview in relation to this topic? | ||||