Treatment design | Information provided about intervention • Length of intervention programme sessions (2 to 2.5 h) • Number of intervention programme sessions (5) • Duration of intervention (5 months) Information provided on standardized care • Number of routine visits to HCs (every 2 to 4 months) |
Training procedures | Training of nurses outlined • A one-day training session • One day pilot test with real patients (4 sessions) with feedback from investigators (2 sessions) • A one-day refresher session |
Delivery of treatment | Assurance that intervention has been delivered as per protocol • Trainer’s manual • Patient’s workbook • Principle investigator contacts every nurse-coach after each of their sessions • Nurse-coaches fill in log diaries • Focus groups with participants and nurse-coaches |
Receipt of treatment | • Record of each participant’s attendance at meetings • Nurse-coach takes a record at each meeting |