Table 1 WALK-Cph timeline

1

Sept 2016

Randomization

2 intervention departments

2 control departments

Nov 2016–May 2017

Baseline cohort

Assessment of daily mobility in older medical patients at all departments

Baseline field study

Observation of daily practice in all departments

March 2017–Sept 2018

Co-design of intervention (researchers and stakeholders)

Workshops to design intervention

Co-design of implementation plan (researchers and stakeholders)

Workshops to design implementation plan

Barrier screening physicians

Barrier screening interviews with physicians

2

Sept 2018^X

Feb 2019^Y

Implementation of intervention

Initiated at the two intervention departments

Sept–Nov 2018^X

Feb–March 2019^Y

Feasibility study (I + II)

Feasibility of recruitment procedures, assessment procedures, method for assessment of daily mobility

Fidelity study (I + II)

Observation of daily practice related to WALK-Cph intervention components

Dec 2018^X

Re-design of intervention (researchers and stakeholders)^a

Workshops for refinement of intervention based on results from feasibility and fidelity studies

Re-design of implementation plan (researchers and stakeholders)^a

Workshop for refinement of implementation plan based on results from fidelity study

Jan–Feb 2019^X

Feasibility study (III)

Feasibility of recruitment procedures, assessment procedures, method for assessment of daily mobility

Fidelity study (III)

Observation of daily practice related to WALK-Cph intervention components

Questionnaires^a

Stakeholder view on use of implementation plan and implementation of WALK-Cph intervention components

Feb–April 2019^a

Semi-structured interviews with patients

Semi-structured interviews with patients in the WALK-Cph intervention (20 partients)

3

March–Dec 2019

Effect of intervention

Randomized controlled trial^b

Implementation of intervention

Observational study

4

Feb 2020

Adoption

Observations of daily practice

Semi-structured interviews