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Table 1 Recruitment of participants

From: Effects of an exercise programme for chronically ill and mobility-restricted elderly with structured support by the general practitioner's practice (HOMEfit) - study protocol of a randomised controlled trial

Step

Selection criteria

Documented variables

Performed by

1.

Patients ≥ 70 years who have seen their GP within the past 6 months → N1

Number (N1)

 

2.

Screening N1: Exclusion of institutionalised patients (nursing home) → N2

Number (N2)

 

3.

Screening N2 for inclusion and exclusion criteria

→ N3

Number (N3)

Study physician and practice nurse

 

if N3 is < 20

→ Exclusion of practice

  
 

if N3 is between 20 and x*

→ N3 = N4

→ Step 4

  
 

if N3 is > x*

→ x* patients are randomly selected

→ x* = N4

→ Step 4

  

4.

Final list of patients to be invited → N4

-Number (N4)

-Year of birth

-Sex

 

5.

Mailing of invitations to N4 for a screening at the GP's practice; appointments with interested patients are made according to a given timetable.

 

Practice nurse

6.

Screening of patients at the GP's practice → N5

-final assessment of eligibility

-patient information

-written informed consent

-Number (N5)

-Year of birth

-Sex

-Written informed consent

-Reasons for exclusion

1. GP

2. Exercise therapist

7.

Patients who keep their first appointment with the exercise therapist to start the intervention → N6

-Number (N6)

-All patient characteristics

Exercise therapist

  1. * X is set to 70 for the first practice and may be adapted during the course of the study depending on the recruitment success of the following steps.