Table 5 Implementation strategies

From: Adaptive community care for mild cognitive impairment: a SMART randomized trial with cognitive and implementation outcomes

Implementation Strategy

Theoretical Domain

Objective

Key Activities

Responsible Party

Establish community MCI management team

Organizational

Enhance coordination and accountability

Form team with primary care physicians, community workers, research staff, Tai Chi instructors; assign roles; hold training and monthly meetings

Research team, community health center

Introduce digital screening and cognitive training tools

Organizational

Reduce workforce burden; improve standardization

Deploy digital cognitive screening platform and app-based cognitive training system; train healthcare providers in their use; integrate into routine workflow

Research team, IT staff, primary care physicians

Introduce digital cognitive training tool

Organizational

Increase intervention standardization; support self-management

Deploy app-based cognitive training; train participants and caregivers on use; monitor attendance via app data

Research team, community volunteers

Develop and distribute intervention manual

Individual

Support home-based self-management

Create manual covering MCI knowledge, weekly plans, and progress log; distribute to participants

Research team

Create WeChat support groups

Interpersonal

Enhance communication and peer support

Establish WeChat groups per community; include healthcare providers, Tai Chi instructors; provide Q&A and reminders

Research team, community workers

Conduct health education sessions

Individual

Improve health literacy and attendance

Deliver 30-minute lectures on MCI, dementia prevention, nutrition, Tai Chi; promote attendance via WeChat

Research team, nutritionist, physicians

Provide VR Tai Chi training and support

Organizational

Increase intervention acceptability and accessibility

VR instructors train community volunteers on equipment operation, safety; ongoing troubleshooting support

VR technicians, community volunteers