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Table 1 Feasibility indicators

From: The influence of a virtual reality entertainment program on depressive symptoms and sedentary behaviour in inpatient stroke survivors: a research protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial

Feasibility

Indicator

Criteria for success

Process

 Recruitment rate

# of subjects/week recruited

Mean 1 subject/week

 Retention rate

% of subjects with retention data

Complete retention > 80% of subjects

 Perceived benefit

Satisfaction survey

 > 85% will be agree or strongly agree

Resources

 Treatment fidelity and adherence

Participate in all VR sessions

 > 85% of subjects

 Subject and tester burden

Assessments

 > 85% of subjects complete in ≤ 60 min

 Trainer burden

Time spent administering the program

Mean VR session is 30 min

Management

 Equipment

Downtime due to technical issues of VR equipment

 > 85% of subjects without any downtime

 Processing time

Time from initial contact to enrolment

Mean time is < 5 days

Scientific

 Safety

Adverse events from the program activities/advice, or assessments

No major injuries or adverse events reported

 Treatment response

ANCOVA comparison between groups

Significant group difference in primary clinical outcome

 Treatment effect

Estimate of effect size and variance for future sample size calculations

Data on all relevant variables