After certification, CBT, PT, and IE staff received onsite supervision by a study supervisor and ongoing cross-site supervision during separate and independent one-hour conference calls.
Independent assessors will receive training and supervision by the study investigator as well as a manual outlining the procedures for each clinician-administrated measure.
The questionnaires and the physical examinations will be applied to the participants by previously trained medical students and resident physicians within clinical medical at the School of Medicine of the Catholic University of Pelotas, under supervision by the study coordinator.
Warkentin, and K. Minematsu; study supervision by M. Uchino and K. Minematsu.
Study concept and design by TN, NH and TT; clinical data acquisition by TN, NH and SA; laboratory data acquisition by TN, KA, AS, TH and HT; data analysis and interpretation by TN, NH, TT, KA, HM, HT and MM; manuscript drafting by TN, NH, KA and HT; critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content by all authors; study supervision by MM.
In Australia and New Zealand, study medication is administered to participants under direct supervision by either health clinic or study personnel, and the details about adherence and any issues around administration are carefully recorded on standard forms.
Among these procedures mouthwash can be performed by study participants without supervision, has the advantage of being collected via mail [3], [4] and yields the highest amount of DNA [1].
Participants received their breakfast (test meal) under supervision by one of the two study centers over four consecutive mornings.
In parallel, unowned dogs (dogs without a reference household, not under human supervision) were studied by asking members of the population about each dog met outside between the index and final household visited.
However, supervision by facility staff as in our study resembles more the real-life situation.
