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Table 3 VA DPP funding sources and IRB approvals

From: Implementation and evaluation of the VA DPP clinical demonstration: protocol for a multi-site non-randomized hybrid effectiveness-implementation type III trial

Aims

Data type

Funding

IRB approvals

Quantitative data

2

Weight and A1c lab results: baseline and follow-up

NCP QIa

Data collection approved as QI

SDPb

Data access and analysis approved by five IRBsc

2, 3

Baseline patient surveys

RRPd

Approved by five IRBs

2, 3

Follow-up patient surveys

SDP

Approved by five IRBs

3

EQ5D survey

RRP

Approved by five IRBs

SDP

2, 3

Administrative utilization data linked to patient survey data

SDP

Approved by five IRBs for consented patients only

3

Staff time logs

NCP QI

Data collection approved as QI

Data access and analysis approved by the research coordinating center’s IRB and the site conducting the cost analyses IRB

• Included as information only in IRB applications for sites implementing the VA DPP

Qualitative data

1

Early implementation staff interviews

NCP QI

Data collection approved as QI

SDP

Data access and analysis approved by the research coordinating center’s IRB

• Included as information only in IRB applications for sites implementing the VA DPP

1

Late implementation staff interviews, site visit field notes

SDP

Approved by the research coordinating center’s IRB

• Included as information only in IRB applications for sites implementing the VA DPP

2

Patient interviews

SDP

Approved by the research coordinating center’s IRB

• Included as information only in IRB applications for sites implementing the VA DPP

1

Fidelity assessments, meeting notes, document artifacts (e.g., emails)

NCP QI

Data collection approved as QI

SDP

Data access and analysis approved by the research coordinating center’s IRB

• Included as information only in IRB applications for sites implementing the VA DPP

  1. aQI: quality initiative funded by the National Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (NCP).
  2. bSDP: Service Directed Project funded by the VA Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) program; 2 year grant (12–549).
  3. cIRB: Institutional Review Boards are located at the three sites implementing the VA DPP, the research coordinating center, and the site conducting the cost analyses.
  4. dRRP: Rapid Response Project funded by the VA QUERI program; 1 year grant (12–440).