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Table 3 Further weekly assessments in the STRONG intervention group

From: STRONG for Surgery & Strong for Life — against all odds: intensive prehabilitation including smoking, nutrition, alcohol and physical activity for risk reduction in cancer surgery — a protocol for an RCT with nested interview study (STRONG-Cancer)

Assessments (STRONG group)

Meet 1

Meet 2

Meet 3

Meet 4

Meet 5

cont. until surgery

Smoking

 Cigarettes per day (No)

X

X

X

X

X

X

 NRT (mg) as craving reducing medicine

X

X

X

X

X

X

 Validation by CO concentration (breath)

X

X

X

X

X

X

Alcohol

 Alcohol per week (units 12 g, TLFB)

X

X

X

X

X

X

 Alcohol concentration (breath test)

X

X

X

X

X

X

 Alcohol biomarkers (blood + urine)

X

X

X

X

X

X

 Withdrawal symptoms (CIWA-R)

X

X

X

X

X

X

 Use of AWS prophylaxis (mg)

X

X

X

X

X

X

Nutrition

 Food intake according to plan

X

X

X

X

X

X

 Appetite level /healthy days

X

X

X

X

X

X

 Weight and bio-impedance

X

X

X

X

X

X

 Validation by nutrition profile in blood

X

X

X

X

X

X

Physical activity

 Physical activity according to plan

X

X

X

X

X

X

 Steps walked per day

X

X

X

X

X

X

 Validation by 6-min walk test

X

X

X

X

X

X

 Timed Up and Go test

X

X

X

X

X

X

 Hand grip strength

X

X

X

X

X

X