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. 2018 Jul 18;4:126. doi: 10.1186/s40814-018-0315-3

Table 2.

Qualitative domains and objectives

Domains Participants interviewed Sample research questions
1. Acceptability of Group PM+ Participants, family, CPSWs, community, psychosocial team Is PM+ stigmatizing? Is it acceptable for CPSW to deliver PM+? What were parts of the program that could have been changed to make the program more acceptable for the community?
2. Implementation logistics; PM+ sites, local leadership CPSWs, community, RAs and research staff, psychosocial team How would we enhance project implementation (in terms of venue, coordination with local leadership, etc.)?
3. Feasibility of PM+ and burden (time, frequency, distance for providers and participants) Participants, family, CPSWs, community, psychosocial team How would make this program more sustainable? How would make this program more effective? Should the program be longer?
4. Fidelity and supervision (areas of deviation and cause, competency, amount and form of supervision) CPSWs, psychosocial team How did the CPSWs deviate from the material in the PM+ manual? Why did they deviate from the material? Was there a need for more or less supervision? What were the challenges to supervision?
5. Utility (perceived benefit) of PM+ Participants, family, CPSWs, community, psychosocial team How do CPSWs perceive participant experience? What problems is PM+ helpful for? What problems is PM+ not helpful for? Who is PM+ useful for?
6. Contagion Participants (control group), family, CPSWs, RAs and research staff, psychosocial team Did anyone involved in PM+ teach friends, family, and community members PM+ techniques? Did the mechanisms of action for PM+ reach the control VDC? If so, how did those in the control group learn?
7. Blinding/randomization; sources and timing of unbinding CPSWs, mhGAP, community, RAs and research staff, psychosocial team When did RAs and CPSWs know that different groups received different treatment? How did they know about the different groups?
8. Recruitment and retention (participants and providers) Participants, family, CPSWs, community, RAs and research staff, psychosocial team What were challenges to recruitment? What were challenges to retention of participants in the program? What are possible solutions to recruitment and retention?
9. Adverse events, ethics, safety Participants, family, CPSWs, mhGAP, RAs and research staff, psychosocial team Were staff equipped to handle any adverse events? What was the type and fBMW80481requency of adverse events referred?
10. Referral and control condition Participants, family, CPSWs, mhGAP, community, psychosocial team Were mhGAP services available? Was medication available in local health posts? Was the TPO counselor used by the community? Was transportation to local referrals available to those who needed it?
11. Assessment feasibility, acceptability, interpretation Participants, RAs and research staff, CPSW Were the assessments feasible to conduct? Did the participants understand the assessments? What were the challenges to conducting assessments?