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Table 2 Assessment of RE-AIM indicators

From: Evaluation of the implementation of a whole-workplace walking programme using the RE-AIM framework

Indicator

Data source

Reach

 An individual measure of participation and participant characteristics along with an assessment of representativeness of participants compared to non-participants.

 • Awareness and participation in walking activities

Follow-up survey

 • Differences between respondents based on awareness and participation in intervention activities for:

Follow-up survey

  - individual characteristics (e.g. gender, age, ethnic group)

 

  - work-related characteristics (e.g. distance lived from work, occupation, physical activity at work)

 

  - meeting physical activity recommendations

 

  - usual mode of travel to work

 

  - time spent walking on the journey to/from work

 

  - time spent walking during the working day

 

Effectiveness

 Individual measures of the positive and negative consequences of the programme including behavioural, quality of life and participant satisfaction outcomes.

 • Usual mode of travel to work

Baseline and follow-up survey

 • Time spent walking for some or all of the journey to/from work

Baseline and follow-up survey

 • Time spent walking during the working day

Baseline and follow-up survey

 • Perceived change in frequency of walking to and from work in the last 18 months

Follow-up survey

 • Perceived change in frequency of walking during the lunch break in the last 18 months

Follow-up survey

 • Perceived change in frequency of walking at work in the last 18 months

Follow-up survey

 • Perceived benefits to physical activity levels and health

Follow-up survey

Adoption

 Organisational measures of the proportion and representativeness of settings that adopt the programme and barriers to adoption.

 • Number of workplaces recruited

Lead organisation co-ordinator interview

 • Characteristics of workplaces recruited

Walking champion interviews

Implementation

 Organisational measures of the extent to which the programme is delivered as intended; individual measures of participant adherence.

 • Organisational and senior management support

Walking champion interviews

Business representative interviews

 • Delivery of the intervention as intended including use of walking champions and planning and delivery of walking activities.

Lead organisation co-ordinator interview

Walking champion interviews

Business representative interviews

 • Participant adherence (number of activities participants took part in)

Follow-up survey

 • Perceptions of intervention activities

Follow-up survey

 • Perceived encouragement for walking on the journey to and from work

Follow-up survey

 • Perceived encouragement for walking during the working day

Follow-up survey

 • Likes and dislikes of intervention activities and suggestions for improvement

Follow-up survey

Maintenance

 Assessment of long term maintenance of change at the individual level (sustained change in behaviour) and at the organisational level (the extent to which the programme becomes routine/embedded in the everyday culture and norms of an organisation).

 • Plans for the sustainability of the intervention activities

Walking champion interviews

Business representative interviews

 • Confidence to include some walking as part of the journey to or from work on most days

Follow-up survey

 • Intention to walk to work on a regular basis in the next few months

Follow-up survey

 • Encouragement needed to walk all or some of the journey to and from work

Follow-up survey

 • Encouragement needed to walk during the working day

Follow-up survey