Finally, the intended 'blinding' in terms of the topic of the intervention was checked among the participants by formulating the following open question 'Do you have any idea on which clinical topic this study focused on?'.
"The whole topic of lifestyle interventions for breast cancer survivors is a very important one.
The different components of the safety topics of the intervention can be found in table 2. The intervention is based on the social ecological model, where safety and health are influenced by a combination of environment (in and around the home) and personal factors (the parents) and the interaction between them [ 23].
Nurses in the intervention group received a 3 day training that covered all the topics of the intervention and then nurses received up to 3 visits by research staff to practice delivering the intervention through role – playing exercises individually and in the clinics.
With the sibling's agreement, parents were informed about the relevant topics of the intervention in order to get as much support from parents as possible.
Main topics of the intervention were symptoms and management of heart failure (dyspnea, oedema, liquid control, body weight control), symptoms of angina, falls, blood pressure, heart rate, blood glucose, medication and medication adherence, depressed mood, and general physical condition.
The workshop provided the GPs and one of their staff members with information regarding the study, including the objectives, definition of falls used in the study, and topics of the intervention.
In addition to the newsletters, each month posters addressing the main topics of the intervention regarding injury prevention were displayed in the classroom in such a way that the children were able to see the posters at all times.
However, to minimize attrition, participants who were keen to complete the intervention in one session were given the option to continue directly to Part 2. A 'tunnelled' architecture (Danaher, McKay, & Seeley, 2005) was used to ensure that all users were introduced to each topic in the same order – participants could not revisit particular topics of the intervention.
The very high percentage of drugsellers answering that antibiotics can be used to treat STI might to a certain extent be due to sensitization as STI was one of the topics of the intervention although the teaching had not yet started.
During the development phase, the pre-existing evidence on the topic of PIP and intervention research was considered by an expert panel and a group of participating GPs to produce a pilot intervention which was then tested.
