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Feasibility of a Reablement Programme in Community Care in the Netherlands; A Qualitative Study Cover

Feasibility of a Reablement Programme in Community Care in the Netherlands; A Qualitative Study

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|Sep 2025

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Table 1

Data collection according to feasibility concepts of Bowen et al. (2009) [23].

AREA OF FOCUSDEFINITIONDATA COLLECTION
DATA SOURCESDATA COLLECTION METHODSOPERATIONALISATIONTIMING OF DATA COLLECTION
ImplementationTo what extent can a new idea, programme, process, or measure be successfully delivered to intended participants in some defined, but not fully controlled, context?
  • Care professionals

  • Programme director

  • Researchers

  • Focus group interviews

  • Field notes

  • Electronic care files

  • Facilitators and barriers of the programme’s implementation

  • Perceived quality of implementation

  • Adherence to protocol

  • After implementation

  • Throughout implementation

AdaptationTo what extent does an existing idea, programme, process, or measure perform when changes are made for a new format or with a different population?
  • Care professionals

  • Programme director

  • Researchers

  • Focus group interviews

  • Field notes

  • Electronic care files

  • If applicable: changes in content, procedures, activities, and processes

  • After implementation

  • Throughout implementation

IntegrationTo what extent can a new idea, programme, process, or measure be integrated within an existing system?
  • Care professionals

  • Programme director

  • Clients and informal caregivers

  • Researchers

  • Focus group interviews

  • Semi-structured interviews

  • Field notes

  • Perceived fit with infrastructure

  • Perceived sustainability

  • After implementation

  • Throughout implementation

AcceptabilityTo what extent is a new idea, programme, process, or measure judged as suitable, satisfying, or attractive to programme deliverers? To programme recipients?
  • Care professionals

  • Programme director

  • Clients and informal caregivers

  • Focus group interviews

  • Semi-structured interviews

  • Perceived satisfaction, appropriateness, and intent to continue use

  • Perceived positive or negative effects on organisation

  • Opinion about the programme

  • After implementation

PracticalityTo what extent can an idea, programme, process, or measure be carried out with intended participants using existing means, resources, andcircumstances and without outside intervention?
  • Care professionals

  • Programme director

  • Clients and informal caregivers

  • Focus group interviews

  • Semi-structured interviews

  • Electronic care files

  • Engagement with the programme and application in practice

  • Positive/negative effects on target participants

  • After implementation

Limited efficacyDoes the new idea, programme, process, or measure show promise of being successful with the intended population, even in a highly controlled setting?
  • Care professionals

  • Programme director

  • Clients and informal caregivers

  • Focus group interviews

  • Semi-structured interviews

  • Electronic care files

  • Intended pre- and post-effects of programme

  • After implementation

  • After implementation

Table 2

Background characteristics of participants (n = 18).

CLIENTS AND INFORMAL CAREGIVERS(n = 9)CARE PROFESSIONALS AND PROGRAMME DIRECTOR(n = 9)
Age (years), mean (SD)78.4 (6.0)45.2 (11.2)
Sex, n (%)
    Male3 (33)
    Female6 (67)8 (100)
Educational level*, n (%)
    Intermediate
    High9 (100)
Years of experience, mean (SD)
    Professional role11.9 (7.7)
    Reablement2.0 (0.0)

[i] Notes: * Intermediate: Intermediate vocational or higher secondary education; High: Higher vocational or university education.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.9005 | Journal eISSN: 1568-4156
Language: English
Submitted on: Oct 8, 2024
Accepted on: Sep 4, 2025
Published on: Sep 10, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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