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Table 2 Therapy deviations recorded from REDCap logged deviation forms

From: Treatment fidelity monitoring, reporting and findings in a complex aphasia intervention trial: a substudy of the Very Early Rehabilitation in SpEech (VERSE) trial

 

UC-Plus (n=294)

n (%)

VERSE (n=137)

n (%)

Did not receive minimum number of sessions per week

Reasons

41 (13.9%)

24 (17.5%)

 Deceased

0 (0%)

1 (0.7%)

 Medically unwell

5 (1.7%)

4 (2.9%)

 Participant off ward

3 (1%)

4 (2.9%)

 Refused intervention

17 (5.8%)

6 (4.4%)

 Therapist not available

5 (1.7%)

2 (1.5%)

 Fatigue

1 (0.3%)

1 (0.7%)

 Othera

10 (3.4%)

6 (4.4%)

Deviation in therapy session length

Reasons:

253 (86.1%)

113 (82.5%)

 Fatigue

62 (21.1%)

23 (16.8%)

 Medically unwell

34 (11.6%)

22 (16.1%)

 Participant declined/refused

84 (28.6%)

9 (6.6%)

 Othera

73 (24.8%)

59 (43.1%)

  1. aReasons given were highly varied