Domain | Measure | Unit of measure |
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Feasibility | ||
 Number of participants | Identified as eligible | Number |
Consented to participate | Percentage | |
Completion of study | Percentage | |
 Step care delivery | Number of initial STEP consultations completed within 14 days planned timeframe | Percentage within 14 days |
Number of interactions per patient | Number consultations | |
Time from enrolment to first step interaction | Days | |
Completion of outcome measures | Percentage of missing data | |
Fidelity of step delivery between recording and documented activities using NAT:PD-C [39, 40] | Percentage content correlation within random audit of 20% of consultations | |
Acceptability of Step Care | ||
 To patients and carers | Number of withdrawals from STEP Care intervention | Percentage |
Number of adverse events arising from STEP Care intervention | Percentage | |
Qualitative interviews with STEP Care family carers following bereavement | Qualitative data | |
Acceptability of Step Care to clinicians | ||
 To clinicians | NAT: PD-C documentation completion rate by participating STEP care physicians | Percentage of content recorded for consultations conducted |
Focus group with STEP Care physicians regarding perspectives on STEP care content, timing and frequency of interaction | Qualitative data |