Table 2.

Summary of the study objectives, outcomes and analysis plans

Aim	Objectives	Outcome	Hypothesis	Statistical analysis
Primary	Assess feasibility of recruitment, retention, group size and data completion	Recruitment and retention rates, data missingness	BA is feasible and acceptable	Descriptive statistics: mean and SD for continuous variables and proportions for dichotomous variables
	Assess resources needed	Group and interview rooms needed, number of clinicians to deliver groups, average length of group session (time needed per session)		Descriptive statistics: mean and SD for continuous variables and proportions for dichotomous variables
	Participants’ feedback and personal experiences	Qualitative study feedback		Qualitative study results based on grounded theory
Secondary	Clinical outcomes: BDI-II and quality of life	Rate of completion of the scales	The intervention group will show improvement in these scales	Between and within group comparisons of the BDI-II and quality of life scales