Table 1.
WALK-Cph timeline
| Phases | Time point | Action taken | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sept 2016 |
Randomization 2 intervention departments 2 control departments |
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| Nov 2016–May 2017 |
Baseline cohort Assessment of daily mobility in older medical patients at all departments |
Baseline field study Observation of daily practice in all departments |
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| March 2017–Sept 2018 |
Co-design of intervention (researchers and stakeholders) Workshops to design intervention |
Co-design of implementation plan (researchers and stakeholders) Workshops to design implementation plan |
Barrier screening physicians Barrier screening interviews with physicians |
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| 2 |
Sept 2018X Feb 2019Y |
Implementation of intervention Initiated at the two intervention departments |
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Sept–Nov 2018X Feb–March 2019Y |
Feasibility study (I + II) Feasibility of recruitment procedures, assessment procedures, method for assessment of daily mobility |
Fidelity study (I + II) Observation of daily practice related to WALK-Cph intervention components |
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| Dec 2018X |
Re-design of intervention (researchers and stakeholders)a Workshops for refinement of intervention based on results from feasibility and fidelity studies |
Re-design of implementation plan (researchers and stakeholders)a Workshop for refinement of implementation plan based on results from fidelity study |
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| Jan–Feb 2019X |
Feasibility study (III) Feasibility of recruitment procedures, assessment procedures, method for assessment of daily mobility |
Fidelity study (III) Observation of daily practice related to WALK-Cph intervention components |
Questionnairesa Stakeholder view on use of implementation plan and implementation of WALK-Cph intervention components |
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| Feb–April 2019a |
Semi-structured interviews with patients Semi-structured interviews with patients in the WALK-Cph intervention (20 partients) |
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| 3 | March–Dec 2019 |
Effect of intervention Randomized controlled trialb |
Implementation of intervention Observational study |
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| 4 | Feb 2020 |
Adoption Observations of daily practice Semi-structured interviews |
X department X, Y department Y
aThis part of phase 2 is not reported on in the present study
bChanged to cohort study due to close down of one of the two intervention departments