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Table 3.

Suggestions for improvement: Themes and sub‐themes

Suggestions for improvement	Sub‐themes
Study‐related suggestions	Careful selection of the recruitment site Considering general practice and district nursing^a
	Conducting a pilot project
	Pre‐screening of patients’ profiles prior to starting the project^a
	Careful estimation of the recruitment period^a Calculation of the number of patients per week/per site^a
	Simplify technology Using traditional pen and paper approach
	Prepare a research pack for clinical staff^a
Participant‐related suggestions	Provision of taxi vouchers for the participants^a
Participant‐related suggestions	Encouraging participants to use compression
Practitioner‐related suggestions	Double check patients’ eligibility after some time
Practitioner‐related suggestions	Regular training sessions for clinicians research training information technology training
Ethics‐related suggestions	Arranging physical environment to ensure privacy at the time of recruitment
Practice‐related suggestions	If busy, make an appointment next week to discuss research participation
Collaboration‐related suggestions	Regular recruitment reminders by research staff
Health system‐related suggestions	Financial incentives to recruiting nurses rather than to clinics
Health system‐related suggestions	Increasing clinical staff interest in research activities

Although discussed as suggestions, these activities were conducted by ASPiVLU investigators.