Table 1.

Feasibility criteria and pre-defined thresholds for determining feasibility

Feasibility dimension	Criteria	Threshold
Process issues	Retention of CBPCP and council members throughout the study	The 2 CBPCPs are still involved in the study at the end of the 12-month process
	Number of meetings planned and held during the 12-month study period	At least four out of the six planned meetings take place
	Attendance of council members	At least six patients, the clinic manager and the clinician attend each meeting
Resource issues	Time required to recruit council members and organize meetings	Total time to complete recruitment of council members is under 6 months
	Communication between research team and council members	The CBPCPs are able to respond to the study coordinator’s requests and organize meetings
	Resources needed to organize and hold all meetings	Resources needed to organize meetings and compensate council members are covered by the study funding
Management issues	Acceptability of meeting format according to study personnel, clinics and council members	The research team receives no complaints from clinics, patient-experts or council members about the functioning and agenda of the meetings
	Interactions among council members during the meetings	Patient-experts do not encounter difficulties in facilitating the meetings.
	Capacity to overcome challenges	The project overcomes the challenges and proceeds as planned
Scientific issues	QI and patient-oriented research topics that are identified during the meetings	Each council comes to a consensus on at least one QI topic or patient-oriented research question to be addressed
	Projects and actions that are shaped around these topics	Proposals are made by council members to respond to identified priorities and to improve services or conduct research projects

Abbreviations: CBPCP community-based primary care practice, QI quality improvement