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Table 2 SPIRIT diagram outlining schedule of enrolment, intervention and assessments for study participants

From: Randomized controlled trial to evaluate a prevention program for frail community-dwelling older adults: a D-SCOPE protocol

Time points

Enrolment

Baseline assessment T0

Intervention

Quantitative monitoring

Monthly follow-up

Study assessment T1

Qualitative evaluation

Introduction/preparation

Screening eligibility criteria

x

      

Information letter

x

      

Informed consent

x

      

Study groups

Experimental group

 

x

x

x

x

x

x

Control group

 

x

   

x

x

Care avoiders

 

x

   

x

x

Group ≤ mild frail (CFAI-plus) or do not feel frail (subjective assessment of frailty)

 

x

   

x

x

Informal caregivers

      

x

Municipal health and social care professionals

      

x

Primary outcome measures

Quality of life

 

x

   

x

 

Meaning in life

 

x

   

x

 

Life satisfaction

 

x

   

x

 

Mastery

 

x

   

x

 

Community inclusion

 

x

   

x

 

Ageing well in place

 

x

   

x

 

Secondary outcome measures

Multidimensional frailty

 

x

   

x

 

Physical phenotype of frailty

 

x

   

x

 

Feeling frail

 

x

   

x

 

Resilience

 

x

   

x

 

Coping

 

x

   

x

 

Help needed for activities in daily life

 

x

   

x

 

Informal and formal care

 

x

   

x

 

Medical care

 

x

   

x

 

Leisure time

 

x

   

x

 

Neighborhood

 

x

   

x

 

Future perspective

 

x

   

x

 

Life events

 

x

   

x

 

Additional variables

Socio-demographic variables

 

x

   

x

 

Socio-economic situation

 

x

   

x

 

Process measures

Amount of intended target group that participated in the second home visit/started the intervention

   

x

   

Amount and types of delivered intervention(s)

   

x

   

Number refuses, dropouts and completions

   

x

   

Logbook

   

x

   

Reasons for refusal/dropout

    

x

  

Satisfaction of intervention

    

x

  

Satisfaction D-SCOPE frailty program

      

x

Experiences care/support processes

      

x

Components that support or inhibit the implementing process of the D-SCOPE frailty program

      

x