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. 2019 Jan 29;99(3):286–296. doi: 10.1093/ptj/pzy146

Appendix.

Interview Questions for Participants Who Have Had a Strokea

Coherence
Dimensions Outcome Questions NPT Questions
Differentiation (Is your ideal program perceived to be different from traditional ways of working?) What gap, if any, does proposed program fill? How is this program different from what you can already go to?
Communal specification (Does everybody understand and agree with your ideal program?) Does doing an intensive community-based exercise program make sense to the target group? What would people like you think of the program you have described?
Individual specification (Does everybody understand what they have to do?) Does an intensive community-based exercise program meet client goals? How important to you is attending a class that has lots of variety in content or one that has a core group of exercises to go over until you feel confident to move on? What do you think about exercising at home?
Internalization (Does everybody think it is worth the effort?) How worthwhile, if at all, do you think an intensive community-based exercise program is?
Cognitive Participation
Initiation (Are there key individuals that advocate for an intensive community-based exercise program?) Are there key people driving the implementation of an intensive community-based exercise program? What involvement, if any, would your family or care network like to do to support you being involved in an exercise program? Would they want to come with you? Would you like that?
Enrollment (Have people “bought into” implementing an intensive community-based exercise program in practice?) Has there been sufficient involvement other than professions/trainers/program managers in developing this implementation framework for an intensive community-based exercise program? Who do you think should be involved in setting up and running a community-based program? How big should the classes be (ie, number of people for each instructor)? Can people of different levels exercise together?
Legitimation (Are the right people doing the right tasks?) Will anything get in the way of implementing an intensive community-based exercise program? What things may make it harder for you to start and keep coming to an intensive community-based exercise program?
Activation (Is everybody ready to make an action plan?) What will help in implementing an intensive community-based exercise program? What things may motivate you and make it easier for you to start and keep coming to an intensive community-based exercise program?
Thank You
Description of Consensus Program and Framework
Collective Action
Interactional workability (Is the work involved in delivering this program able to be appropriately allocated?) Are people prepared to come to this exercise program? What problems, if any, do you think there will be in implementing this exercise program?
Relational integration (Do staff trust each other's work and expertise in using this exercise program?) Are people confident that this exercise program can be implemented as it should be? Who developed this intervention? What, if any, changes or modifications would you suggest to how this exercise program will be implemented? What are the core elements or principles that need to be included?
Skill set workability (Can people perform the tasks that are being asked of them?) Do people have the right skills and knowledge needed to implement this exercise program? Who do you think are the best people to deliver this program? What training should be provided?
Contextual integration (Is this exercise program adequately supported by the host organization?) Is there sufficient support from the community setting for implementing this exercise program? Is there anything in particular that will support the implementation of the program for you?
Reflexive Monitoring
Systematizing (Do people find implementing an intensive exercise program a worthwhile venture?) Do you think it is worth using this exercise program? Would you come to this exercise program? If this program is successful, what would that look like for you?
Communal appraisal (Do people find implementing a new exercise program with this framework a worthwhile venture?) What are the benefits of this intervention? What, if any, benefits of this program are there for you? How will you know if this exercise program is working or not? Can you think of any negative consequences of a program like this?
Individual appraisal (Do individuals evaluate the new practice as worthwhile?) Will you use this exercise program in practice? What factors would influence you using and continuing to use this program? Timing? Locations? Cost? People or exercises in the class?
Reconfiguration (Do people modify their practice in response to evaluations made?) Do you think that this exercise program will be easy to implement? Would you make any changes to this exercise program based on your experiences?

aNPT = normalization process theory.