The CombinADO study to assess the impact of a combination intervention strategy on viral suppression, antiretroviral therapy adherence, and retention in HIV care among adolescents and young people living with HIV: protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial

Table 2 Study assessment schedule for all the CombinADO participants

	Pre-intervention	Intervention implementation	Post-intervention
Adolescents and young adults living with HIV
Eligibility assessment		X	X
Informed consent/assent		X	X
Exit interviews		X
Survey questionnaire			X
Specimen collection^a			X
Adolescent caregivers
Eligibility assessment		X
Informed consent		X
Semi-structured interviews		X
Healthcare workers and key informants
Eligibility assessment^b	X
Informed consent ^b	X
Semi-structured interviews	X	X	X
Costing questionnaires	X	X
Site-level activities
Direct clinic observation		X
Collection of process indicators (monitoring of intervention fidelity/uptake)		X
Abstraction of routine data			X

^aReal-time viral load testing and stored samples
^bIn the event that a HCW or KI leaves a study site, the new staff member at the site will be enrolled as a replacement

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