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Table 5 Primary and secondary outcomes, assessment tools and RE-AIM indicators

From: Healthy Living after Cancer: a dissemination and implementation study evaluating a telephone-delivered healthy lifestyle program for cancer survivors

Setting

RE-AIM indicator

Collection method/assessment tools

Primary Outcomes

Referring Sites

Adoption & Maintenance

Type of referring site and # of referrals

CC database

Staff satisfaction and feedback on sustainability of referral protocol

Interview

Cancer Councils

Reach & Representativeness

% uptake among eligible survivors

CC database

Participant characteristics

CC database

Implementation

Participant consent rates

CC database

Completion rates

CC database

Withdrawal rates and reasons

CC database

Number of intervention calls

CC database

Length of intervention calls

CC database

Administration time for intervention calls

CC database

Intervention content covered

CC database

Completion of pre- and post-program assessments

CC database

Adverse events

CC database

Healthy Living after Cancer nurse/allied health professional and CC manager satisfaction

Interview

Economic Appraisal

Costs to deliver the Healthy Living after Cancer program

Documentation of resources utilised for Healthy Living after Cancer service delivery

Secondary Outcomes

Consumer

Effectiveness

Anthropometric Outcomes

Weight, height, waist circumference

Self-reported

Behavioural Outcomes

Physical Activity

Active Australia Survey [83]

Sedentary Behaviour

Single item from the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (short, last 7 days format) [84]

Diet

Fat and Fibre Behaviour Questionnaire [85]

Daily servings of fruits and vegetables [86]

Psychosocial Outcomes

Quality of Life

Short-Form Health Survey (SF-12), v1.0 [87]

Cancer and treatment-related symptoms and side-effects

MD Anderson Symptom Inventory [88]

Fear of Cancer Recurrence

The Concerns about Recurrence Questionnaire – 4-item (CARQ-4) [89]

Distress

2-item Distress Thermometer assessing distress (adapted from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Distress Thermometer for Patients) [90] and impact of distress [91]

Healthy Living after Cancer program satisfaction

Self-reported (rating scales and comments)

  1. CC Cancer Council