Table 1 Schedule of enrollment, interventions, and assessments

From: Stepped care for depression at integrated chronic care centers (IC3) in Malawi: study protocol for a stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial

Activity	Study period
	Year 1				Year 2				Year 3				Year 4				Year 5
	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
Preparation
Develop measures	x	x
Develop protocols		x	x	x
Hire/train staff				x
Allocation
Clinic assignment				x
Enrollment
Eligibility screen					x	x
Informed consent					x	x
Intervention
Depression care							x	x	x	x	x	x
Usual care						x	x	x	x	x	x
Assessments
Baseline					x	x	x
Follow-up						x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Analysis
Effectiveness																	x	x
Cost-effectiveness			x	x															x	x

Q one quarter of a calendar year

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