Table 4.
Domain | Score | Rationale | |
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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