A multi-component cognitive behavioural intervention for the treatment of fear of falling after hip fracture (FIT-HIP): protocol of a randomised controlled trial

Table 3 Outcome measures of the FIT-HIP process evaluation

Component and definition	Operationalisation	Measurement instruments
Component and definition	Operationalisation	SLog	QpD	QpF1	QpF2	Ip	It	Qt	BLog	Sq	D
Reach
Proportion of the intended target population that participated in the programme	Refusal and dropout rate. Reasons for withdrawal									+	+
Fidelity
Extent to which the elements of the intervention were implemented as planned	Per therapy session: registration of which intervention components were performed	+
	Per therapy session: reasons for deviation from individual FIT-HIP therapy plan	+
	Reasons for deviation from protocol						+
Dose received - Exposure
Extent of participants’ active engagement in and receptiveness to the programme	Per therapy session: extent of active engagement in therapy	+
	In general: use of relapse prevention plan (Staying Active Plan)			+	+				+
Dose received - Satisfaction
Satisfaction of participants and therapists with the programme	Overall opinion about the intervention		+	+	+	+	+	+
	Opinion about the value of the intervention		+	+	+	+	+	+
	Opinion about the value of the main elements of the intervention		+	+	+	+	+
	Experienced burden		+			+	+
Barriers
The extent to which problems were encountered while applying the programme	Barriers in applying the (individual components of the) intervention.						+
	Suggestions for improvement		+	+	+	+	+	+
	Recruitment procedures						+				+
	Maintaining participant engagement						+				+

SLog physiotherapist session log, QpD evaluation questionnaire filled in by participant at discharge from GR, QpF1 evaluation questionnaire filled in by participant at follow-up 1 (3 months after discharge from GR), QpF2 evaluation questionnaire filled in by participant at follow-up 2 (6 months after discharge from GR), Ip Interview with participant, It interview with physiotherapist and psychologist, Qt evaluation questionnaire filled in by GR team members: elderly care physician, nursing staff and psychologist, BLog booster log, registration of telephonic booster, Sq screening questionnaire filled in at admission to GR, D data recorded by research assistants during study period

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