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Table 2 Study calendar

From: The Women’s Health Initiative cancer survivorship clinic incorporating electronic patient-reported outcomes: a study protocol for the Linking You to Support and Advice (LYSA) randomized controlled trial

Intervention components

Intervention Group

Control Group

Information about the study (oral and written formats)

x

x

Informed consent

x

x

Enrolment in the study

x

x

Clinical and socio-demographic data collection

x

x

ePROs collected at baseline and end-of-study

x

x

A baseline clinic visit involving:

 - one-on-one consultation with the study nurse

x

x

 - one-to-one consultation with the study dietitian and conduct of dietary and body composition assessments

x

x

 - a study resource folder containing “Survivorship Personal Treatment Care Plan” and recommended support resources about survivorship

x

x

 - an “Education and Symptom Management Pathway”

x

 

 - “Personalized Nutrition Care Plans” containing diet education and nutritional counselling for participants at nutritional risk

x

 

Ongoing monitoring of cancer related symptoms collected via ePRO symptom questionnaires at 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 months

x

 

Access to a trigger-initiated symptom management pathway(s) or a six-monthly follow-up phone call with the study’s nurse (if no triggers)

x

 

Ongoing monitoring of weight, physical activity and changes in nutritional risk collected via ePRO symptom questionnaires at 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 months

x

 

Access to a trigger-initiated nutritional management pathway

x

 

End of study clinic visit involving:

 - one-on-one consultation with the study nurse

x

x

 - one-to-one consultation with the study dietitian and repeat dietary and body composition assessments

x

x

Feasibility process evaluation surveys, and interviews or focus groups (post-intervention)

x

x

Measurement of resource utilization

x

x

  1. ePROs Electronic patient reported outcomes