Table 1 Definitions, measures, and data sources for participant characteristics and RE-AIM dimensions
Outcome(s) | Definition | Measure(s) | Data source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
Demographic variables | Characteristics of sample population | Primary parent: e.g., age, sex, ethnicity, marital status, education level, household income, relationship to child | Demographic survey |
Child: e.g., age, sex, years child has lived with obesity | Demographic survey | ||
Reach | The absolute number, proportion, and representativeness of individuals/centers who are willing to participate in a given initiative | Eligibility criteria | Screening form |
Eligible target population estimation (valid denominator) | Statistics Canada Census, 2016 | ||
Number of families registered for the program | Project coordinator records | ||
Number of families who were eligible but did not participate | Project coordinator records | ||
Recruitment strategies | Research records | ||
Identification of facilitators and barriers to recruitment | Project coordinator records | ||
Effectiveness | The impact of an intervention on important outcomes, including potential negative effects, quality of life, and economic outcomes | Short-term attrition rates (baseline to post-intervention) | Education session attendance records |
Reasons for attrition | Project coordinator records | ||
Children’s health-related quality of life (child and parent-proxy reports; baseline to post-intervention) | Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 4.0 [45] | ||
Adoption | The absolute number, proportion, and representativeness of settings and intervention agents who are willing to initiate a program | Staff | |
Number of intervention agents approached to participate | Research records | ||
Roles and credentials of intervention agents | Research records | ||
Setting | |||
Setting criteria for implementing C.H.A.M.P. Families | Research records | ||
Number of settings approached to implement C.H.A.M.P. Families | Research records | ||
Implementation | The intervention agents’ fidelity to the intervention’s protocol, including consistency of delivery as intended, time and cost of the intervention, and program adaptations | Fidelity to study protocol | Research/project coordinator records |
Intervention adaptations | Research/project coordinator records | ||
13-week program attendance rate | Education session attendance records | ||
Homework completion rate | Homework records | ||
Financial costs of the intervention | Research records | ||
Maintenance | The extent to which a program or policy becomes institutionalized or part of the routine organizational practices and policies | Long-term attrition rates (post-intervention to 6-month follow-up) | Project coordinator records |
Individual | |||
Children’s health-related quality of life (child and parent-proxy reports; post-intervention to 6-month follow-up) | Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 4.0 [45] | ||
Setting | |||
Perceptions of intervention agents regarding the program and interest in future involvement | Anecdotal reports | ||