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. 2020 Jul 14;9(7):e16319. doi: 10.2196/16319

Table 3.

The reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and maintenance evaluation measures of InCharge Health implementation.

Domains and measures Data sources
Reach
  • Sociodemographic characteristics of patients at each site

  • Proportion and representativeness of patients screened for the study (numerator) among all patients who receive hydroxyurea treatment (denominator) at each site

  • Proportion and representativeness of patients eligible for the study (numerator) among all patients who receive hydroxyurea treatment (denominator) at each site

  • Proportion and representativeness of patients participating/enrolled in the study (numerator) among all patients who receive hydroxyurea treatment and were eligible (denominator) at each site

  • Clinic data collection forms

  • Clinic population demographics and treatment data, study database

  • Screening log

  • Qualitative interviews

Effectiveness
  • Primary outcome

  • >20% improvement in the PDCa for hydroxyurea among those receiving the intervention

  • Prescription drug claims (PDC for hydroxyurea refills)


  • Secondary outcomes

  • Change in Quality of life, self-efficacy, perceived health literacy

  • Change in percentage of patients with EDb visits, hospitalizations since the last study visit

  • Change in biomarkers of hydroxyurea effect (MCVc, ANCd, ARCe, indirect bilirubin, HbFf, Hbg, LDHh)

  • Patient surveys (ASCQ-Mei, PROMISj, Perceived health literacy, self-efficacy)

  • Medical chart abstraction

  • Qualitative interviews

Adoption
  • Proportion and description of clinics in each site agreeing to support InCharge Health

  • Proportion and description of providers in each clinic agreeing to support InCharge Health (ie, proportion enrolled on the study)

  • Clinic administrative data and data collection forms

  • Qualitative interviews

Implementation
  • Consistency with which sites are able to implement the app as planned

  • Qualitative assessment of any adaptations or enhancement to recruitment strategies needed to meet enrollment by the clinic, by site

  • Assess adaptation of training needed to improve InCharge Health implementation at each site

  • Engagement with the app: percentage, number, and representativeness of patients who used InCharge Health during the study period (low, medium-low, medium, or high use; in the entire practice)

  • Proportion, number, and characteristics of patients who complete the study among those who initiate the use of the app but then later discontinue at each site

  • Percentage and characteristics of patients who reported satisfaction with the InCharge Health app (MARSk scale)

  • Clinic/provider assessment of perceptions of InCharge Health app for further scale-up or sustainability—ease of use, preferred features, and so on

  • App usage statistics

  • Patient surveys

  • Qualitative interviews

Maintenance/sustainability
  • Extent to which program leaders express a desire or intent to continue providing the app with patients at the conclusion of the research

  • Percentage of patients who continue to use the app beyond the study period and their representativeness

  • Pharmacy claims data (PDC for hydroxyurea refills)

  • App use statistics

  • Clinic data collection forms

  • Qualitative interviews

aPDC: proportion of days covered.

bED: emergency department.

cMCV: mean corpuscular volume.

dANC: absolute neutrophil count.

eARC: absolute reticulocyte count.

fHbF: fetal hemoglobin.

gHb: hemoglobin.

hLDH: lactate dehydrogenase.

iASCQ-Me: adult sickle cell quality of life measurement information system.

jPROMIS: Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System.

kMARS: mobile app rating scale.