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Table 3 Data collected for process evaluation

From: Correction to: Improving care at scale: process evaluation of a multi-component quality improvement intervention to reduce mortality after emergency abdominal surgery (EPOCH trial)

Aspect of process evaluation

Data collection method

Data collected and data type

Delivery to the clusters

1. Collation of registers from QuIP meetings (30 meetings in total across 93 hospitals)

2. Collation of VLE usage logs

1. Free text responses regarding the positive and negative aspects of the programme

2. Observations and interviews with key staff in the 6 ethnographic sites

Delivery at the site level – QI intervention

1. Online exit questionnaire.

1. Whether a stakeholder meeting was held (QI strategy 1)

2. run-charts were used (QI strategy 4)

5. Whether the patient pathway was segmented (QI strategy 5)

6. Whether the PDSA approach was used (QI strategy 6)

Response of the sites / individuals

1. Online exit questionnaire.

2. Ethnographic data

1. Free text responses to 2 reflective questions:

If you were to be involved in EPOCH again, a) ‘what would you continue doing’ and b) ‘what would you do differently’?

2. Observations and interviews with key staff in the 6 ethnographic sites

  1. QuIP Quality Improvement Programme, VLE Virtual Learning Environment, NELA National Emergency Laparotomy Audit