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. 2023 Sep 12;13(9):e075363. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075363

Table 1.

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria Exclusion criteria
Patient who had a stroke
  • Aged ≥16 years at time of stroke

  • Receiving palliative care

  • Clinical diagnosis of new or recurrent ischaemic or haemorrhagic (excluding subarachnoid haemorrhage) stroke

  • Due to be discharged outside the defined geographical area of the associated community service(s) participating in the trial

  • Require manual contact of no more than one person to stand to prevent falling (continuous or intermittent light touch to assist balance or coordination, that is, not to support body weight)

  • Plan to live in the community postdischarge

  • For individual-focused observations (non-participant) of care and treatment or individual activity related to intervention provision: are able and willing to provide written informed consent or for whom a consultee declaration (England) is provided

  • For interviews: willing to provide consent to follow-up contact for interview, prior to the point of discharge from the stroke service and are able to provide informed consent

  • English-speaking

Carer
  • Aged ≥16 years

  • Patient who had a stroke does not consent to participate

  • Family member or friend regularly engaging with a stroke survivor participant (>once per fortnight)

  • Able to provide informed consent

  • Patient who had a stroke agrees for carer to be present in interview or observation

  • English-speaking

Staff
  • A registered physiotherapist, occupational therapist, nurse, doctor; or rehabilitation/ therapy assistant, stroke care coordinator or other multidisciplinary team member working in a participating stroke service for a significant amount of time each week (eg, 20 hours per week)

  • Are able and willing to provide written/verbal informed consent for observations of care and treatment related to the Get Set Go intervention provided as part of the stroke service (either in hospital or in the community)