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Table 4 SPIRIT diagram — schedule of enrolment, intervention, and assessment for the EMBRACE trial

From: Evidence-based Medication knowledge Brokers in Residential Aged CarE (EMBRACE): protocol for a helix-counterbalanced randomised controlled trial

Trial period

Data source

Time point

Enrolment

Allocation

Intervention period

 

-t

-t

0

3

6

9

12

 

RACF enrolment

 Eligibility screen

x

       

 Consent

x

       

 Allocation

 

x

      

Intervention

 KB recruitment

 

x

      

 Intervention implementation

  

x

x

x

x

x

 

Data collection/assessments

 RACF-level demographic information

  

x

x

x

x

x

Clinical and administration records; psychotropic register

 RACF-level Guideline concordance

  

x

x

x

x

x

Prescribing and administration records, nursing progress notes, medical records, psychotropic register, behaviour support plans

 RACF-level prevalence of medication and behavioural incidents

  

x

x

x

x

x

RACF Serious Incident Response Scheme

 RACF-level proportions of hospitalisations, falls and major injury, polypharmacy, QoL, ADL

  

x

x

x

x

x

National Aged Care Mandatory Quality Indicator Program records

KB demographics

  

x

    

Knowledge brokers

 KB activities

  

x

x

x

x

x

Local action plans, discussion board, quarterly interviews

  1. Abbreviations: ADL activities of daily living, KB knowledge broker, RACF residential aged care facility, QoL quality of life, -t prior to baseline