Table 3.

Description of process evaluation data sources

Data source	Description	Purpose	Aim*
Communication and activity tracking	Conversational data, hours of training, details of home, education, and training, field notes	Provide picture of homes across the intervention period and record any critical time junctures	1, 3, 4
Baseline context mapping	Description of home characteristics before EDDIE+ intervention	Provide baseline overview of home, including likely barriers and enablers of implementation	4
Check in forms	Hours of training, EDDIE+ activities, general updates	Describe EDDIE+ activities undertaken and programme progress over intervention period	1, 2, 3, 4
Semi-structured interviews	Interviews with staff, residents and family members, EDDIE+ facilitators and external stakeholders	Understand stakeholder views and experiences of EDDIE+	2, 4
Self-efficacy surveys	Presurveys and postsurveys	Determine if EDDIE+ has improved efficacy and upskilled staff	3
Family member or nominated advocate questionnaire	Traffic light system with three questions related to the EDDIE+ programme	Determine family members and advocates views on the programme and impact	2

*Aims—1: assess the EDDIE+ intervention fidelity; 2: assess the acceptability and views of the EDDIE+ programme from the perspective of staff, resident families, EDDIE+ facilitators and external stakeholders; 3: identify mechanisms of impact; 4: identify contextual barriers and enablers to implementation success.

EDDIE, Early Detection of Deterioration in Elderly residents.