Table 2.

Schedule of enrollment, interventions, and assessments.

	Part 1			Part 2	Part 3
	Enrollment	Visit 1	Visit 2	Visit 3	Visit 4a)
Timeline	Diagnosis of stroke	During hospital stay	Before rehabilitation	End of intervention	Follow-up
	Admission
	Day 0 + 3 days	Day 3 + 3	Day 7 ± 3	Day 28 ± 3	3 months ± 7 days
Check for inclusion/exclusion criteria	X
Randomization	X
Informed consentb	X
Baseline data	X
Neurological assessment	X		X	X	X
Edinburgh Handedness Inventory (EHI)	X
(p)mRS	X		X	X	X
NIHSS	X	X	X	X	X
BI	X		X	X	X
LAST	X	X	X	X	X
ACL	X	X	X	X	X
BIAS	X	X	X	X	X
BDI	X		X	X	X
(EQ-5D-5L)	X		X	X	X
Evaluation of self-training (h/day)		X	X	X	X

^aAlternative: phone call if personal consultation is not possible.

^bIf not able to get permission from the patients themselves, their legal guardian will have to give written informed consent for their contribution.

ACL, Aphasia Check List; BDI, Beck Depression Inventory; BIAS, Bielefelder Aphasie Screening; BI, Barthel Index; CNS, central nervous system; mRS, modified Rankin-Scale; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; LAST, Language Screening Test.