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Table 1 Overview of research questions and measures at different time-points—patients

From: Nurse-led self-management support after organ transplantation—protocol of a multicentre, stepped-wedge randomized controlled trial

Research questions

Instrument

T0

T1

T2

Patients in the control period

− What are the differences in patients’ self-management skills between control and experimental period

heiQ

X

X

X

− What are the differences in patients’ self-regulation skills in the context of transplantation?

Newly developed self-report instrument

X

X

X

− What is the difference in patients’ medication adherence between the control and experimental period?

BAASIS

X

X

X

− What is the differences in quality of life between patients in the control and experimental period?

WHOQoL-BREF

heiQ

X

X

X

− What is the difference in patients’ experience and appreciation of nurse-led care?

Newly developed questions

CAHPS

 

X

 

Patients in the experimental period

− What are the differences in patients’ self-management skills between the control and experimental period?

− What are the differences in patients’ self-management skills between pre- and post-intervention?

heiQ

X

X

X

− What are the differences in patients’ self-regulation skills in the context of transplantation?

Newly developed self-report instrument

X

X

X

− What is the difference in patients’ medication adherence between patients in the control and experimental period?

− What is the difference in patients’ medication adherence between the control and experimental period?

BAASIS

X

X

X

− What is the differences in quality of life after the transplantation between patients in the control and experimental period?

WHOQoL-BREF

heiQ

X

X

X

− What is the difference in patients’ experience and appreciation of nurse-led care between the control and experimental period?

Newly developed questions

CAHPS

 

X

 

− What is patients’ experience and appreciation of the self-management intervention?

Newly developed questions

 

X