Evaluation of a self-management programme for congestive heart failure patients: design of a randomised controlled trial

Table 3 Outcome variables of the process evaluation

Process evaluation outcome variables	BDP	FU1	FU2
Programme performed according to protocol
Duration of each session	RF^l	-	-
Deviations from the protocol	RF^l	-	-
Attendance by the patients
Reasons for refusal before start of the programme	TI^p	-	-
Number of sessions attended by each patient	RF^l	-	-
Reasons for stopping during the programme	TI^p	-	-
Adherence by patients
Overall adherence	RF^l	-	-
Adherence regarding homework assignments	-	Q^p/Q^l	-
Opinion about the programme
Extent of benefits from the programme	-	Q^p	Q^p
Strong and weak points of the programme (sessions)	RF^l	Q^p/Q^l	-
General opinion about the quality of the leaders		Q^p/Q^l	-
General opinion about the programme	RF^l	Q^p/Q^l	^-
Recommending the programme to other patients	-	Q^p	-
Programme contributions	-	Q^p/Q^l	Q^p
Recommendations for improvement	-	Q^p/Q^l	-

BDP = before or during programme; FU1 = immediate follow-up; FU2 = follow-up at 12 months; RF = recording form (filled in after each session); Q = questionnaire; TI = telephone interview
Data collected from: ^l = leaders; ^p = patients

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