Table 2 Qualitative evaluation
Category of respondent | Topics to be explored |
|---|---|
Intervention facilitators | Overall impressions of PM+ Group Experiences of PM+ Group training and supervision Rapport with participants and families of participants Views on the group delivery format Experiences of participants’ intervention adherence and strategies to keep participants motivated View on intervention scalability |
LHWs | Overall impressions of PM+ Group Strategies to keep participants motivated to attend the groups and experiences of participants intervention adherence View on intervention scalability with LHW as entry point into primary healthcare |
Intervention participants – completers | Overall impressions of PM+ Group Rapport with group facilitators Intervention adherence Burden of research interviews |
Intervention participants – drop outs | Reasons for stopping attending PM+ Group If appropriate: Rapport with group facilitator Intervention acceptability Burden of research |
Control arm participants | Experiences of research, including participants and family views of the research assistants and research procedures Views of the questions researchers asked |
Senior staff with policy implementation roles/connected to the research | Overall understanding and impressions of PM+ Group Existing scope of work of primary health care system in Pakistan, with a focus on LHW role Views on possible routes for integration and scale-up of PM+ Group into Pakistan primary health care systems |
Research assistants | Views of assessment training and supervision Experiences of conducting research assessments, including the appropriateness of individual instruments, problems relating to masking, and experiences of participant distress |
Family members of participants | Overall understanding and impressions of PM+ Group Where appropriate: Views of the impact of PM+ Group upon the participant in the family Views of the research assistants and assessments |