Table 2.
Study timeline, indicated by actions taken per quarter.
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| Community engagement, staff recruitment, training, ethics approval, printing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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| Participant recruitment, baseline, examinations, randomization, commence treatment, baseline data entry |
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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| Follow-up examinations, focus group interviews, delayed intervention group treatments |
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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| Data entry, data clean-up, data analyses |
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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| Report preparation, community presentation and feedback |
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✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |