Fig. 2.

Pragmatic design features of the PArTNER study according to the PRECIS-2 instrument.

The study design features were based on input from patients, caregivers, clinicians, and hospital administrators during the planning stages of the PArTNER trial; goal was to develop a study consistent with a pragmatic (effectiveness) trial [26]. The “follow-up” category was graded as a 4 out of 5 as participants were contacted by phone to outcome data, rather than relying on passive approaches to data collection. Passive appraoches to data collection for assessing patient-reported measures of physical, emotional, and social health are not currently available.