Key areas of focus for the feasibility study inspired by Bowen et al44
Feasibility outcomes/areas of focus | What is explored | Sample outcomes of interest | Explored in study | ||
I | II | III | |||
Acceptability | To what extent is the ePROM intervention suitable, satisfying or attractive to programme deliverers? To programme recipients? |
| X | X | X |
Demand | To what extent is the ePROM intervention likely to be used? When, how and why do the nurses and surgeons actively review the patients’ PROM answers during consultations, and how do they use the feedback from patients? |
| X | X | X |
Implementation | To what extent can the ePROM intervention be successfully delivered to intended participants in some defined, but not fully controlled, context? |
| X | X | |
Practicality | To what extent can the ePROM intervention be carried out with intended participants using existing means, resources and circumstances and without outside intervention? |
| X | X | |
Integration | To what extent can the ePROM intervention be integrated within the existing system/clinical practice? |
| X | X |
ePROM, electronic patient-reported outcome measure; PROM, patient-reported outcome measure.