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Table 4 Schedule of events

From: Internet-based vestibular rehabilitation versus standard care after acute onset vertigo: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Visit/contact

Baseline

3 weeks (by phone)

6 weeks

3 months

12 months (by phone)

Comments

Target day

0

21 +/−3

42 +/−3

90 +/−7

360 +/−14

 

Eligibility screening, history

x

     

Randomization

x

     

VSS-SF

x

x

x

x

x

Primary endpoint, at 6 weeks

EQ-5D

x

x

x

x

x

 

DHI

x

 

x

x

  

T25-FW

x

 

x

x

  

Body sway

x

 

x

x

  

Enhanced gait and body sway analyses

x

 

x

x

 

At selected sites only

vHIT

x

 

x

x

 

At selected sites only

Steps, falls, and fractures

  

x

x

 

Total steps, since enrollment or last visit

BPPV questions

  

x

x

  

BPPV testing

   

x

  

Compliance

 

x

x

  

Questionnaire data, number of weekly sessions

Trial termination form (local)

   

x

 

Last site visit, at 3 months

Trial termination form (central)

    

x

 

Estimated time requirement

150 min

15 min

120 min

120 min

15 min

Total 7 h per participant

  1. Abbreviations: VSS-SF vertigo symptom scale short form, EQ-5D EuroQol five-dimension scale, DHI dizziness handicap inventory, T25-FW timed 25-foot walk test, SD standard deviation, vHIT video head impulse test