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Table 1 Schedule of study procedures

From: Protocol for the Weight-bearing in Ankle Fractures (WAX) trial: a multicentre prospective non-inferiority trial of early versus delayed weight-bearing after operatively managed ankle fracture

 

Screening

Enrolment

4 weeks

6 weeks

4 months

12 months

 

-14 days

Day 0

(± 2 weeks)

(+- 2 weeks)

(±8 weeks)

(±8 weeks)

Enrolment

 Eligibility assessment

X

X

    

 Informed consent

 

X

    

 Allocation

 

X

    

Interventions

 Early weight bearing

 

X

    

 Delayed weight bearing

 

X

    

Baseline characteristics

 Demographics

 

X

    

 Educational attainment

 

X

    

 Work status

 

X

    

 Tampa scale for Kinesphobia

 

X

    

 Self-efficacy report

 

X

    

 Modified Charlson Comorbidity Index

 

X

    

 Index of Multiple Deprivations

 

X

    

 Residential status

 

X

    

 Discharge destination

 

X

    

Assessments

 OMAS / EQ-5D-5L

 

X

 

X

X

X

 Complications

 

X

X

X

X

X

 Weight-bearing diary

  

X

   

 Physiotherapy input

   

X

X

X

 Resource use

   

X

X

X

 Qualitative interviews

   

X