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. 2012 Oct 31;2(5):e002099. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002099

Table 2.

Measures, data sources and data collection timeline by RE-AIM dimension and assessment level

Assessment level(s) Measures Data sources Timeline
Reach
 Individual ▸ Eligibility criteria ▸ Patient-recruitment tracking system ▸ Ongoing
▸ Demographic information ▸ Survey items ▸ HEALD-PCN specific:  baseline, 3–6 months
▸ TeamCare-PCN specific: baseline, 612 months
▸ Identified facilitators and barriers to recruitment
▸ Identified recommendations for improvement
▸ Interview data (PCN staff and ABCD team) ▸ Baseline and midpoint
▸ Patient characteristics (participants vs population) ▸ PCNs’ patient registry
▸ AH/ADSS data
▸ Post-intervention
 Organisation ▸ Ability to estimate and identify targeted patient populations ▸ Document review (standardised checklist) ▸ Baseline
▸ Registry development and maintenance process issues, including identified facilitators and barriers
▸ Identified recommendations for improvement
▸ Interview data (PCN staff and ABCD team) ▸ Baseline and midpoint
▸ Document review (field notes) ▸ Ongoing
Effectiveness
 Individual Primary outcomes: A1c, blood pressure, total cholesterol, & BMI
▸ HEALD-PCN specific: total # of steps
▸ TeamCare-PCN specific: Composite of PHQ-9 Secondary outcomes: self-reported quality of life, quality of care, self-efficacy, & satisfaction with care
▸ HEALD-PCN specific: nutritional behaviours & satisfaction with intervention
▸ TeamCare-PCN specific: process care indictors including: # of visits with healthcare providers, referrals, psychotherapy sessions, medication adjustments, and adherence to treatment
▸ Clinical assessment recorded in patient outcome tracking systems
▸ Survey items
▸ Ongoing
▸ HEALD-PCN specific: baseline, 3–6 months
▸ TeamCare-PCN specific:  baseline, 6–12-months
▸ Perceptions of impact/ consequences (positive or negative) ▸ Interview data (PCN staff) ▸ Baseline, midpoint, and post-intervention
Adoption
 Individual ▸ Total number of member physicians participating in ABCD project ▸ Document review (PCN and ABCD project documents) ▸ Post-intervention
 Organisation ▸ Criteria for PCN participation in ABCD Project
▸ PCN Board agreement to participate
▸ Features of participating PCNs
▸ Comparison of characteristics between participating and  non-participating PCNs, as possible
▸ Description of usual care in the focus areas
▸ Perception of extent to which ABCD Project has been adopted by PCNs and modified to fit their context(s)
▸ Identified facilitators, barriers, and recommendations at  organisational level
▸ Document review (project and PCI/PCN documents –websites and business plans, availability of secondary data e.g., PCI evaluation)
▸ Standardised checklist
▸ Interview data (PCN staff) 
▸ Baseline, midpoint, and post-intervention
Implementaton
 Individual ▸ HEALD-PCN specific: # of steps in log and  self-reported physical activity
▸ TeamCare-PCN specific: adherence to treatment  plan, including medications and behavioural modifications
▸ Patient outcome tracking systems
▸ Survey items
▸ Post-intervention
 Organisation Development of:
▸ Project materials: job descriptions for intervention staff,  recruitment and data collection protocols and forms
▸ Training and resource materials: project binders, algorithms,  patient resources
▸ Systems/processes: patient registries, patient recruitment &  outcome tracking systems
▸ Document review (PCN and ABCD Project  documents) ▸ Baseline
▸ # and type of intervention staff hired by PCNs, including  turnover ▸ Document review (eg, contracts) ▸ Ongoing
▸ Provision of and quality of training in ABCD Project and  interventions: # and type of staff trained, detailing sessions, and training materials provided; attendance in training sessions; assessment of change in knowledge and satisfaction ▸ Document review (ABCD Project documents)
▸ Presurvey /postsurvey items
▸ Interviews with PCN intervention staff
▸ Baseline, midpoint, and  post-intervention
Service delivery:

▸ HEALD-PCN specific: # and type of group meetings and  patient resources distributed; level of attendance
▸ TeamCare-PCN specific: # and type of screenings,  assessments, patient management plans, follow-up sessions, specialist consultations; time of service delivery; and QI assessment through monthly teleconferences
▸ Document review:(class attendance lists)
▸ Patient outcome tracking systems
▸ Ongoing and post-intervention
▸ Perceptions of implementation as intended
▸ Identified facilitators and barriers to implementation
▸ Identified recommendations for improvement
▸ Interviews with PCN staff  ▸ Baseline, midpoint, and  post-intervention
▸ Document review (field notes, communications,  meeting minutes) ▸ Ongoing
▸ Economic Evaluation: Decrease in # of family physician and  ER visits; reduction in complications, co-morbidities, and  mortality; reduction in direct medical costs; and reduction in projected future healthcare costs ▸ Document review (budget and invoices)
▸ AH/ADSS data
▸ Post-intervention
Maintenance
 Individual ▸ Sustained awareness, knowledge, and management of type  2 diabetes and depression or lifestyle behaviours ▸ Survey items (ABCD Cohort Study) regarding  health behaviours and self-care ▸ Post-intervention & ongoing  (minimum 4-year follow-up)
▸ Interviews with HEALD-PCN intervention group  participants ▸ Post-intervention
 Organisation ▸ PCN level: integration of aspects of the model into usual  care; and/or incorporation of models into future business planning ▸ Interviews with PCN staff ▸ Post-intervention
▸ More appropriate healthcare utilisation: decrease in # of  family physician and ER visits; reduction in complications, comorbidities, and mortality; reduction in direct medical costs; and reduction in projected future health care costs ▸ AH data ▸ Post-intervention