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Table 2 Experimental design of the stepped-wedge methodology

From: Early and comprehensive care bundle in the elderly for acute heart failure in the emergency department: study protocol of the ELISABETH stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial

 

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

Step 6

Step 7

Step 8

Step 9

Step 10

Step 11

Step 12

Step 13

Step 14

Step 15

Step 16

Center 1

C

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

Center 2

C

C

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

Center 3

C

C

C

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

Center 4

C

C

C

C

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

Center 5

C

C

C

C

C

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

Center 6

C

C

C

C

C

C

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

Center 7

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

Center 8

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

Center 9

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

I

I

I

I

I

I

I

Center 10

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

I

I

I

I

I

I

Center 11

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

I

I

I

I

I

Center 12

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

I

I

I

I

Center 13

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

I

I

I

Center 14

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

I

I

Center 15

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

I

  1. Each step lasts for 2 weeks, except for step 1 and step 16 which last for 4 weeks. I Intervention, C Control
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