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Table 3 Data collected from drivers and managers

From: The structured health intervention for truckers (SHIFT) cluster randomised controlled trial: a mixed methods process evaluation

 

Intervention participants

Control participants

Baseline questionnaire

(n = 113)

6-month questionnaire

(n = 70)

Interview/ focus groups with drivers

(n = 16)

Interview with managers

(n = 9)

Baseline questionnaire

(n = 160)

6-month questionnaire

(n = 100)

Interview/ focus groups

with drivers

(n = 12)

Interview with managers

(n = 9)

Baseline and Follow-up Health Assessments

 Did it encourage initial participation?

✓

✓

  

✓

✓

  

 How did it compare to expectations?

✓

 

✓

 

✓

 

✓

 

 Did awareness of health change?

✓

 

✓

 

✓

 

✓

 

 How understandable were the results?

✓

 

✓

 

✓

 

✓

 

 Most/least preferred measurements?

✓

 

✓

 

✓

 

✓

 

 Did motivation towards improving lifestyle change?

 

✓

✓

  

✓

✓

 

Education Session

 How understandable was it?

 

✓

✓

     

 How engaging was it?

 

✓

✓

     

 How informative was the booklet?

 

✓

      

 Did awareness of health change?

 

✓

✓

     

 Did it impact motivation for lifestyle change?

 

✓

✓

     

 Were action plans created?

 

✓

      

 Were there any key messages?

 

✓

      

Cab Workout

 Regularity of use?

 

✓

✓

     

 What was the most/least commonly used equipment?

 

✓

✓

     

 Where was the most/least common location for use?

 

✓

✓

     

 Potential barriers of cab workout?

 

✓

✓

     

Fitbit

 How understandable was it?

 

✓

✓

     

 Did awareness of health change?

 

✓

✓

     

 Did it impact motivation for lifestyle change?

 

✓

✓

     

Step Challenges

 Did awareness of daily steps change?

 

✓

✓

     

 Did it impact motivation for change in step count?

 

✓

✓

     

Text Messages

 How was the frequency of text messages?

 

✓

✓

     

 How relevant was the content?

 

✓

✓

     

 Did it impact motivation for lifestyle change?

 

✓

✓

     

 How supported did participants feel?

 

✓

✓

     

 How efficient were the text messages?

 

✓

✓

     

General

 How was the workplace managerial support?

  

✓

✓

  

✓

✓

 Has awareness of health changed since commencing the study? If so, how?

  

✓

   

✓

 

 Has lifestyle changed since commencing the study? If so, how?

  

✓

   

✓

 

 If so, have changes fluctuated throughout the study?

  

✓

     

 Are there any barriers to a healthy lifestyle?

  

✓

     

 Most/least important component of the intervention?

  

✓

     

 Future direction of SHIFT into a certificate of professional competence (CPC) module?

  

✓

✓

    

 Were there any external impacts on lifestyle (such as moving house)?

 

✓

✓

  

✓

 

✓

 Were there any external fitness/diet tracking techniques used?

 

✓

✓

  

✓

  

 How much did the pandemic affect study participation?

  

✓

✓

  

✓

✓

 Thoughts of being in the control group?

      

✓

✓

 Was there any contamination between control and intervention?

  

✓

✓

  

✓

✓

 What was the role of the manager?

   

✓

   

✓

 Did the managers have outcomes they hoped to achieve?

   

✓

   

✓

 To what extend were there operational difficulties that impacted the study?

   

✓

   

✓

 Can you see SHIFT becoming sustainable in the future as a CPC module?

 

✓

 

✓

    

 Did you hear of any reasons for dropout?

   

✓

   

✓