Table 1.
Summary of embedded units of analyses for the evaluation of the Ned app.
| Embedded unit of analysis | Data sources |
| Patient, caregiver, and clinician adoption of Ned | Analytics log data on the number of patients, caregivers, and clinicians who are invited to open a Ned account, and the consequent number of Ned accounts created |
| Patient acceptance of Ned | Analytics log data on the frequency, duration, depth, and breadth of patient engagement with the app |
| Interviews with 20 patients poststudy | |
| Web-based questionnaire assessing acceptability | |
| Qualitative observation of patients using Ned to access prostate-specific antigen results and submit patient-reported outcome measures | |
| Caregiver acceptance of Ned | Analytics log data on the frequency, duration, depth, and breadth of caregiver engagement with the app |
| Interviews with 10 caregivers poststudy | |
| Clinician acceptance of Ned | Analytics log data on the frequency, duration, depth, and breadth of clinician engagement with the app |
| Wed-based questionnaire assessing system use to be completed by 10 clinicians | |
| Clinical effectiveness of Ned | Five validated patient-reported outcome measures (ie, quality of life, treatment satisfaction, unmet needs, self-efficacy, anxiety) administered at baseline, 2 months, 6 months, and 12 months |