Table 1.
Study Timeline
YEAR 1 | YEAR 2 | YEAR 3 | YEAR 4 | ||||
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Pilot work | X | ||||||
Hire and train staff | X | X | |||||
Conduct enrollment | X | X | X | ||||
Intervention follow-up | X | X | X | ||||
Conducting analyses | X | X | |||||
Preparing reports and manuscripts | X | X |
Each block with an X represents a 6-month time interval. For example, 6 months of pilot work is anticipated, 18 months to conduct enrollment (an average of 6 patients per week), and 18 months of intervention follow-up (12 months per patient).