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Table 1 Data used to answer our research questions.

From: Advance care planning with people with dementia: a process evaluation of an educational intervention for general practitioners

Research aim

Operationalization

Data collected

Data source

To explore the implementation of the educational intervention

Reach

The percentage and characteristics of persons who receive or are affected by the educational intervention

1. Numbers and descriptives on GPs’, PWD’s and FCs’ cluster-RCT invitation and participation

1. Electronic database

2. Mail from GPs

2. Selection procedure used by GPs

3. Educational intervention attendance form

3. Numbers on educational intervention attendance of GPs and PNs

4. Telephone call

4. Reasons why PWD/FC declined study participation

5. Electronic survey completed by GPs (item 1)

5. GPs’ barriers on cluster- RCT inclusion of PWD/FCs

Acceptability

The perception among stakeholders that the intervention is agreeable

1. GPs’ and PNs’ educational intervention evaluation

1. Educational intervention evaluation form

2. Trainers’ educational intervention experiences

2. Focus group interviews with trainers

To explore the intervention’s mechanisms impact on everyday life

Adoption

The intention or initial decision to try to employ the intervention

1. Descriptives on GPs’, PWD’s and FCs who did or did not had ACP

1. Electronic database

2. Electronic survey completed by GPs (item 2)

2. GPs’ barriers on ACP initiation with PWD/FCs

3. Documented ACP conversations with PWD

3. PWD’s medical files

Appropriateness

The perceived fit or relevance of the intervention in a particular setting

1. Experiences of GPs with ACP in daily practice

1. Electronic survey completed by GPs (item 3–8)

2. ACP experiences of PWD and FCs with ACP in daily practice

2. Interviews with PWD and FCs

  1. PWD People with dementia; FCs Family caregivers; GPs General practitioners; ACP Advance care planning; cluster-RCT cluster randomized controlled trail.