Table 2.
Assessment points | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
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Assessment point window | Cardiac arrest event | 2 days (± 3 days) after assessment 1 | Regular in-hospital reviews | 30-day (± 2 days) after assessment 1 | Hospital discharge† | Six-months (± 1 m) after assessment 1 |
Eligibility assessment | ✓ | |||||
Intervention | ✓ | |||||
Cardiac arrest event data | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Patient demographics/past medical history | ✓ | |||||
Defibrillator record download | ✓ | |||||
Post-cardiac arrest treatment | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Length of hospital stay | ✓ | |||||
Survival status | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Quality of life (SF-12 and EQ-5D-5 L) | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Assessment of blinding | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Consent to continue‡ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Adverse events | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
† − May occur before visit four; ‡ − Seek at first appropriate opportunity
SF-12- 12-item short form survey; EQ-5D-5 L- EuroQOL- 5 dimensions- 5 levels