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Table 1 Research questions

From: A protocol for the process evaluation of a multi-centre randomised trial to compare the effectiveness of geriatrician-led admission avoidance hospital at home versus inpatient admission

Domain

Focus

Context

Outer setting: what is the local, regional and national context? How may social, political and economic contexts influence implementation?

Inner setting: how do organisational and service structures, cultures and relationships influence implementation?

Implementation

• What are the characteristics of those delivering and receiving the intervention in HAH and inpatient settings?

• What are the intervention characteristics and processes of implementation in each setting, and how do these relate to the experiences and engagement of patients and caregivers?

• How do these aspects of implementation relate to the existing programme theory and logic model for CGA (Fig. 2)?

Recruitment

• How are individuals recruited and by whom?

• Are those recruited to the RCT representative of the overall ‘real world’ target population?

• How do RCT implementation processes differ across settings?

• How are RCT processes sustained or threatened over time?

• Are there unintended consequences in processes and outcomes related to involvement in RCT, to the intervention or to other aspects of care?

  1. CGA Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment, HAH hospital at home, RCT randomised controlled trial