Component | Intervention arm n (%) | Control arm n (%) |
---|---|---|
Type(s) of interventions (i.e., all components of intervention)¥ | N total = 31 | N total = 8** |
 Educational/ quality improvement interventions targeted at health professionals (e.g., transplant education and engagement activities targeting health professionals, etc.) | 4 (13%) | 0 (0%) |
 Quality improvement interventions targeted at organization of health care or health services delivery (e.g., nutrition screening, change in catheter exit-site care, etc.) | 10 (32%) | 2 (25%) |
 Patient health promotion or educational intervention (e.g., education about benefits of resistance exercise program, dietary counseling, education on avoiding foods with phosphorus additives, etc.) | 22 (71%) | 4 (50%) |
 Direct patient therapeutic intervention (e.g., intradialytic resistance training, antimicrobial barrier caps for catheters, etc.) | 6 (19%) | 1 (12%) |
 Other € | 1 (3%) | 1 (12%) |
Types of Data collection procedures ¥ | N total = 31 | N total = 31 |
 Routinely collected outcomes extracted locally from existing patient medical records (physical charts or electronic records) | 30 (97%) | 30 (97%) |
 Data query from clinical data registry or other central source of routinely collected data (e.g., administrative data) | 11 (35%) | 11 (35%) |
 Specimen collection or physical examination that were not required for usual patient care | 4 (13%) | 4 (13%) |
 Interviewer-administered patient questionnaires done face-to-face or by telephone that were not required for usual patient care | 9 (29%) | 9 (29%) |
 Self-administered patient questionnaires (done by mail, e-mail or Internet) that were not required for usual patient care | 18 (58%) | 16 (52%) |
 Other ₳ | 5 (16%) | 2 (6%) |
Reporting of participant consent procedures for study interventions | N total = 31 | N total = 31 |
 Reported written informed consent | 9 (29%) | 10 (32%) |
 Reported verbal informed consent | 1 (3%) | 0 (0%) |
 Reported informed consent but no details about method or what consent was for | 12 (39%) | 11 (35%) |
 Reported the study was exempt from research ethics committee review, received waiver of consent, or explicitly stated no consent | 4 (13%) | 4 (13%) |
 Unclear if participants consented | 1 (3%) | 2 (6%) |
 Not mentioned | 4 (13%) | 4 (13%) |
Reporting of participant consent procedures for data collection | N total = 31 | N total = 31 |
 Reported written informed consent | 7 (22%) | 6 (19%) |
 Reported verbal informed consent | 1 (3%) | 1 (3%) |
 Reported informed consent but no details about method or what consent was for | 14 (45%) | 14 (45%) |
 Reported the study was exempt from research ethics committee review, received waiver of consent, or explicitly stated no consent | 4 (13%) | 4 (13%) |
 Unclear if participants consented | 1 (3%) | 2 (6%) |
 Not mentioned | 4 (13%) | 4 (13%) |