Table 2.
Assessment of RE-AIM indicators
| Indicator | Data source |
|---|---|
| Reach | |
| An individual measure of participation and participant characteristics along with an assessment of representativeness of participants compared to non-participants. | |
| • Awareness and participation in walking activities | Follow-up survey |
| • Differences between respondents based on awareness and participation in intervention activities for: | Follow-up survey |
| - individual characteristics (e.g. gender, age, ethnic group) | |
| - work-related characteristics (e.g. distance lived from work, occupation, physical activity at work) | |
| - meeting physical activity recommendations | |
| - usual mode of travel to work | |
| - time spent walking on the journey to/from work | |
| - time spent walking during the working day | |
| Effectiveness | |
| Individual measures of the positive and negative consequences of the programme including behavioural, quality of life and participant satisfaction outcomes. | |
| • Usual mode of travel to work | Baseline and follow-up survey |
| • Time spent walking for some or all of the journey to/from work | Baseline and follow-up survey |
| • Time spent walking during the working day | Baseline and follow-up survey |
| • Perceived change in frequency of walking to and from work in the last 18 months | Follow-up survey |
| • Perceived change in frequency of walking during the lunch break in the last 18 months | Follow-up survey |
| • Perceived change in frequency of walking at work in the last 18 months | Follow-up survey |
| • Perceived benefits to physical activity levels and health | Follow-up survey |
| Adoption | |
| Organisational measures of the proportion and representativeness of settings that adopt the programme and barriers to adoption. | |
| • Number of workplaces recruited | Lead organisation co-ordinator interview |
| • Characteristics of workplaces recruited | Walking champion interviews |
| Implementation | |
| Organisational measures of the extent to which the programme is delivered as intended; individual measures of participant adherence. | |
| • Organisational and senior management support | Walking champion interviews Business representative interviews |
| • Delivery of the intervention as intended including use of walking champions and planning and delivery of walking activities. | Lead organisation co-ordinator interview Walking champion interviews Business representative interviews |
| • Participant adherence (number of activities participants took part in) | Follow-up survey |
| • Perceptions of intervention activities | Follow-up survey |
| • Perceived encouragement for walking on the journey to and from work | Follow-up survey |
| • Perceived encouragement for walking during the working day | Follow-up survey |
| • Likes and dislikes of intervention activities and suggestions for improvement | Follow-up survey |
| Maintenance | |
| Assessment of long term maintenance of change at the individual level (sustained change in behaviour) and at the organisational level (the extent to which the programme becomes routine/embedded in the everyday culture and norms of an organisation). | |
| • Plans for the sustainability of the intervention activities | Walking champion interviews Business representative interviews |
| • Confidence to include some walking as part of the journey to or from work on most days | Follow-up survey |
| • Intention to walk to work on a regular basis in the next few months | Follow-up survey |
| • Encouragement needed to walk all or some of the journey to and from work | Follow-up survey |
| • Encouragement needed to walk during the working day | Follow-up survey |