Table 2 Summary of the study objectives, outcomes and analysis plans
Aim | Objectives | Outcome | Hypothesis | Statistical analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Primary | Assess feasibility of recruitment, retention, group size and data completion | Recruitment and retention rates, data missingness | BA is feasible and acceptable | Descriptive statistics: mean and SD for continuous variables and proportions for dichotomous variables |
Assess resources needed | Group and interview rooms needed, number of clinicians to deliver groups, average length of group session (time needed per session) | Descriptive statistics: mean and SD for continuous variables and proportions for dichotomous variables | ||
Participants’ feedback and personal experiences | Qualitative study feedback | Qualitative study results based on grounded theory | ||
Secondary | Clinical outcomes: BDI-II and quality of life | Rate of completion of the scales | The intervention group will show improvement in these scales | Between and within group comparisons of the BDI-II and quality of life scales |