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Table 1 Criteria to assess feasibility

From: Testing the feasibility of a knowledge translation intervention designed to improve chiropractic care for adults with neck pain disorders: study protocol for a pilot cluster-randomized controlled trial

Construct

Parameter

 

Eligibility proportion

Chiropractors

 

 Recruitment

Trial acceptance rate: >20 % agree to participate within 4 weeks

Target population = 40 (assuming an 80 % retention rate)

 Adherence to protocol

>90 % of participants will complete all 3 webinars, associated quizzes, 2 clinical vignettes, and a self-management learning module

 Retention

80 % of participants will complete 3 months of patient follow-up

Patients

 

 Recruitment

Trial acceptance rate: 5 patients within 6 weeks of recruitment notice

Target population = 150

 Adherence to protocol

95 % will attend regular treatment sessions twice/week

>80 % will comply with prescribed home exercise and physical activity

 Retention

>80 % will complete patient encounter forms (VAS, NDI, and PSQ-18) and follow-up at 3 months