RE-AIM framework and associated measures
| Definition | How will this be measured? | |
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| Reach | Absolute number, proportion, and representativeness of individuals willing to participate | Retention rate, dropout rate, representativeness of study sample (in regard to age, fitness level, SES) |
| Effectiveness | Impact of an intervention on important outcomes, including potential negative effects, quality of life, and economic outcomes | Quality of life, physical activity level, exercise knowledge, health status, use of healthcare services, aerobic capacity, lower extremity strength, exercise engagement, cardiovascular outcomes, adverse events |
| Adoption | Absolute number, proportion, and representativeness of settings who are willing to initiate a programme | Number of oncologists approached vs assisting with recruitment, characteristics of oncologists participating, adherence of participants |
| Implementation | Site fidelity to the intervention’s protocol: consistency of delivery as intended, time and cost of the intervention | Consistency of intervention delivery compared with study protocol (measured through observation), adaptations needed, cost of delivery and cost-effectiveness |
| Maintenance | Extent that programme becomes part of routine organisational practices. At the individual level, long-term effects of a programme on outcomes after >6Â months from last intervention session | Institutional-level
Individual-level
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