Table 2

Data collection schedule

Participant-completed online surveyMedical record data
(reviewed by a colorectal cancer nurse)		Website analytics (automatically collected via the website)
BaselinePost surgery
(during admission)		30 days90 daysBaseline30 days90 days30 days90 days
Participant characteristics
Demographics*X      
Treatment and disease characteristics  XXX  
Health risk behavioursX      
Internet access and useX      
Surgical historyX      
Primary outcome
Length of stay  X†   
Secondary outcomes
DAOH incorporating:

  • Length of stay (days, n)

  X   

  • Subsequent hospital admissions (days, n)

XXXX  

  • Rehabilitation (days, n)

XXXX  

  • Dead (days, n)

  XX  
Emergency department admissions  XX  
Quality of lifeXXX    
Health service utilisation MRN/CSRIXXXX  
Patient knowledge and behaviourXX      
Intervention use and acceptability* X   XX

  • *Collected from patient and support person.

  • †Length of stay (discharge date – surgery date)—data extracted ~30 days following surgery.

  • CSRI, Client Service Receipt Inventory; DAOH, days alive and out of hospital; MRN, medical record number.