A | B | C |
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Inputs | Intervention arm facilities | Control arm facilities |
Contextualised care protocols and tools | Case management desk guide and counselling tool | None |
Training of doctors and allied staff (jointly by the programme staff and research team) | Full care tasks: screen on the first visit, diagnose, and maintain patient records; use provided desk guide on how to prescribe, educate, follow-up, and retrieve patients | Limited care tasks: screen on the first visit, diagnose, and maintain patient records only |
Material inputs | Peak flow meter, recording tools; also salbutamol and ipratropium inhalers, mobile reminders for patient retrieval | Peak flow meter, and recording tools only |
Access to spirometry at baseline (that is within 2 weeks of registration) and endline (that is completed 6 months after registration) was offered as a research measurement activity (that is not to inform clinical decisions) for all patients in the two trial arms.