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Table 2 Process evaluation in ACCESS

From: The ACCESS study a Zelen randomised controlled trial of a treatment package including problem solving therapy compared to treatment as usual in people who present to hospital after self-harm: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Data collection method

Data collected

Programme documentation and observation (to assess fidelity, dose and reach)

Number of sessions of patient support

Number of PST sessions

Completion of PST

Audiotaping of PST sessions

Examination of written client PST research records

Number of clients where sense of belonging addressed in PST

Use of GP voucher

Number of postcards sent

Summary of discussions around adverse events

Proportion of clients who received the interventions in each centre

Structured interviews (to assess barriers, facilitators and suggestions for improvement)

Interview research clinicians re barriers and facilitators to the interventions plus suggestions for improvement

Interview purposive sample of patients re what helped and what did not help plus suggestions for improvement

Twelve month telephone interview of all patients what helped and what did not help

Interview GP's who saw clients through GP voucher to assess their perception of the intervention and suggestions for improvement

Interview focus group of staff in mental health services re barriers and facilitators to interventions plus suggestions for improvement