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. 2016 Oct 27;17:523. doi: 10.1186/s13063-016-1630-8

Table 4.

PRagmatic Explanatory Continuum Indicator Summary (PRECIS-2) scores of trial domains

Domain Score Rationale
1 Eligibility criteria 3 P: inclusion of patients with gait disorders whatever the etiology
E: focus on acute to subacute patients in first phase of rehabilitation
2 Recruitment path 4 P: recruitment of participants through usual clinical care at admission
E: specific procedures to assess eligibility (3 weeks of monitoring)
3 Setting 3 P: study takes place in a neurorehabilitation unit
E: single-center trial in a high-income country
4 Organization intervention 5 P: resources, provider expertise, and organization of care delivery in both study arms are similar to usual care
5 Flexibility of experimental intervention:
delivery
5 P: identical flexibility to usual care
6 Flexibility of experimental intervention:
adherence
5 P: no more than usual encouragement to adhere to the intervention
7 Follow-up 4 P: assessment of outcomes through usual clinical care
E: specific procedure for follow-up after discharge
8 Outcome 5 P: outcomes are of obvious importance to participants and caregivers
9 Analysis 5 P: intention-to-treat analysis with all available data

Score: 1 Very explanatory; 2 Rather explanatory; 3 Equally pragmatic/explanatory; 4 Rather pragmatic; 5 Very pragmatic. P pragmatic, E explanatory