Differences in aspects of medical intervention may have accounted for gender disparity in terms of survival rates.
Despite attempting to screen out participants with physical limitations, two participants were randomized to treatment that had conditions (blindness and cerebral palsy) which were not disclosed during screening and which limited participation in aspects of the intervention.
Earlier publications of the American Health Association classified medication management as one of the most important aspects of interventions in disease management [ 24].
In 'clinically meaningful units' , interventions are grouped by similarity of modality or theory of change, whereas in 'components and dismantling' , key components or aspects of interventions are identified across included interventions, and labelling of interventions with these components informs subsequent meta-analyses.
Semistructured interviews will also be conducted with a sample of 30 participants across trial arms and research sites, after participation in the trial has been completed and in order to examine aspects of intervention and participants' experiences of diabetes consultations in more depth.
Ten maternity units in Sequence I (11-88%) and eight in II (15.5-31%) expressed negative aspects of intervention C in more than 10% of the text segments.
The analysis highlighted differences in sample characteristics and aspects of intervention design, content, delivery and evaluation which might explain variation in effectiveness.
Table 1 summarizes treatment aspects of intervention in the two treatment groups.
In addition the sub-group analysis did not demonstrate any measurable difference in effectiveness according to some aspects of intervention delivery.
Therefore, qualitative and quantitative process evaluation data will be collected in this study, focusing on aspects of intervention implementation, participant experience of receipt of the intervention, and the influence of contextual/setting factors.
