Group 2: study elements captured in internal pilot and feasibility studies
Study elements | Internal pilot study (n=80) | Internal feasibility study (n=12) |
Assessed n (%) | Assessed n (%) | |
Testing recruitment | 74 (92.5) | 12 (100.0) |
Determining sample size and/or number available | 21 (26.3) | 4 (33.3) |
Follow-up/dropout | 28 (35.0) | 5 (41.7) |
Hypothesis testing | 0 | 0 |
Resources | 3 (3.8) | 1 (8.3) |
Randomisation | 27 (33.8) | 4 (33.3) |
Blinding | 2 (2.5) | 0 |
Outcome measures | 16 (20.0) | 2 (16.7) |
Control group | 0 | 0 |
Data collection | 21 (26.3) | 2 (16.7) |
Clinical outcomes | 1 (1.3) | 0 |
Dose/efficacy/safety | 5 (6.3) | 1 (8.3) |
Acceptability | 21 (26.3) | 7 (58.3) |
Feasibility | 35 (43.8) | 11 (91.7) |
Suggests further study | 0 | 0 |
Delivery of intervention | 7 (8.8) | 0 |
Testing/developing materials | 7 (8.8) | 0 |