Table 1

The data-collection methods that will be used to address each aim

Aims	Data-collection method
Aims	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Explain the trial results
Whether the intervention was delivered as intended	X		X		X	X	X
Whether the control was delivered as intended					X	X	X
The types of issues typically identified during each interaction between intervention participants and healthcare professionals	X		X				X
The nature of the support and advice provided by the healthcare professionals to the intervention participants	X		X	X			X
Participants’ and healthcare professionals’ perspectives on how, why and for whom the interventions did or did not work							X
Determine the feasibility of scaling the intervention up in Bangladesh and other low-income and middle-income countries
The possible barriers and facilitators to scaling the intervention up in the future							X
Whether people with spinal cord injuries would value this intervention							X
Whether healthcare service providers could employ and retain staff to provide the intervention							X
Are the results generalisable to other patients, healthcare service providers and countries		X					X

Legend for data-collection methods:
1. Analysis of a sample of telephone interactions between healthcare professionals responsible for providing the intervention and intervention participants.
2. Inclusion criteria and screening logs.
3. Chart audit of data collected over the trial that captures the number, length and nature of interactions between healthcare professionals and participants.
4. Audits of trial records detailing how and to whom each intervention participant’s allocated $AU80 was spent.
5. Chart audit of data collected as part of 2-year assessment indicating the amount of contact control and intervention participants had with the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed over the 2 years.
6. Record audit of the Social Welfare Department and Community Based Rehabilitation Unit at the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed indicating contact with control and intervention participants.
7. Semistructured interviews with participants and healthcare professionals.