Process evaluation question | Complete and acceptable delivery | Process measure |
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How many people of the target population took part in the project? (reach) | The intervention group is comparable to the study population | Weekly recruitment report kept by each research centre |
What recruitment procedures were used to attract pregnant women? (recruitment) | Strategies on recruitment across multicentre research. | Notes from (telephone) meetings with research nurses, coaches, principal investigators throughout the project |
How many participants received 5 face-to-face conversations with a personal lifestyle coach? (dose delivered) | All (100%) received 5 face-to-face conversations with a personal lifestyle coach | Coach logs recorded after a session |
To what extend was face-to-face counselling delivered as planned by MI guidelines? (fidelity) | MI was applied to deliver the face-to-face conversations | Recorded conversations assessed using the Motivational Interviewing Treatment Integrity measure (MITI 3.1.1) |
How many telephone booster sessions did the participants receive? (dose delivered) | 0–4 telephone booster sessions were delivered | Coach logs recorded after a session |
How satisfied were participants with the DALI intervention (components)? (dose received: satisfaction) | All participants were satisfied with the DALI intervention | Evaluation questionnaire at 35–37 weeks of gestation |