We would like to thank the Swedish National Infrastructure for Computing SNICC) for generous allocation of computer time (SNIC grant 025/12 10).
Fifty-six participants with a diagnosis of moderate depression were assigned randomly to either an intervention (n = 27) or control (n = 29) group by means of independent random allocation, using computer generated random numbers.
A computerized system will refer the patients to a group, after which a blinded, independent research assistant will notify the treating physical therapist after receiving instructions on treatment group allocation through computer generated random number tables.
Prior to enrollment, using blind and secure allocation by computer, the study team randomly assigns participants to one study arm using a random number generator: CKD-ATSM or usual care.
Using blind and secure allocation by computer, we will randomly assign participants to one of three intervention arms: 1) control group ("Usual Care study arm"); 2) TALK SWI ("TALKS Program study arm"); and 3) TALK SWI plus the Live Donor Financial Assistance Intervention ("TALKS Plus Program study arm").
Using blind and secure allocation by computer, we randomly assign participants to one of three intervention arms: 1) control group ("Usual Care", N=70); 2) the informational intervention ("PREPARED", N=70); and 3) the informational plus the financial assistance interventions ("PREPARED plus Financial Assistance", N=70).
Using blind and secure allocation by computer, we randomly assign participants to one of three intervention arms: 1) control group ("Usual Care"); 2) video and booklet intervention only ("TALK Program"); and 3) video, booklet plus social worker intervention ("TALK Plus Program").
Although some parents had preferences about treatment arms, as discussed earlier, only one indicated displeasure that randomisation was the method for treatment allocation: "the computer makes the decision and I just think, they give you all this information and then, you know, randomisation is just purely you're picked at random, it's a lottery.
For group allocation, a computer-generated table of random numbers (in three blocks) will be used for the randomisation sequence.
For study participant allocation, a computer-generated list of the study sequence was generated by an investigator with no clinical involvement in the trial (DM).
