Table 3.

Process evaluation design and data collection framework

Post-Integration. Data Collection at each Site*	6 months	12 months	18 months	Contextual level
Observations of consultations, different processes and clinic flow at clinic levels and in non-clinical areas.	1 week	1 week	1 week	Microcontext (facility and neighbourhoods)
In-depth phenomenological interviews with patients/service users	25	25	25	Micro context (facility and neighbourhoods)
In-depth phenomenological interviews with healthcare providers at the clinic (hospital overall in charge, hospital pharmacist, the medical officers in-charge of the integrated clinic, trained clinicians managing HIV, diabetes and hypertension patients, pharmacist, laboratory technician, counsellors or nurses providing health education and counselling and nurses in the registration desk who are also responsible in taking vital signs)	10	10	10	Mesocontext (national to regional/city) Micro context (facility and neighbourhoods)
Semistructured interviews with Ministerial policy-makers and provincial/regional/district level clinical/health senior management (Director for NCD, HIV and curative services).	–	5	5	Macrocontext (Global) Meso context (national to regional/city)
Semistructured interviews with NGO and international organisations (eg, WHO Country office, UNAIDS, PEPFAR, CDC)	–	5	5	Macrocontext (Global) Meso context (national to regional/city)
Focus group discussions (FGD) with community leaders (8–12 participants)	1	1	1	Microcontext (facility and neighbourhoods)
FGD gender specific with community members (8–12participants)	2	2	2	Microcontext (facility and neighbourhoods)
In-depth phenomenological interviews with clinical researchers			4	Microcontext (facility and neighbourhoods) Meso context (national to regional/city)

*The * refers to ‘Numbers indicated per country’.

CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; NGO, non-governmental organisation; PEPFAR, President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief; UNAIDS, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.