Table 1 Study design and timeline
Template adapted from the SPIRIT guideline | |||||||||
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Participants timeline | In hospital | After hospitalization | |||||||
Enrolment and baseline measures | Randomization | Before discharge encounters | Post-discharge encounters | One-month measures | |||||
Control group | Patient and caregiver | √ | √ | Usual care | Usual care | √ | |||
Intervention group | Patient | √ | √ | Usual care and encounter #1 | Usual care | Encounter #3 | Encounter #4 | Encounter #5 | √ |
Caregiver | √ | √ | Usual care and encounter #1 | Usual care and encounter #2 | Encounter #3 | Encounter #4 | Encounter #5 | √ | |