Table 1 RCT characteristics and numbers of study participants and interviews
RCT code | Clinical context | RCT type | Clinical centres | Interventions | Specialties involved | Primary recruiters | Doctors, CIs or TMG | Nurses | Follow-up interviews | Total number of interviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | n | n | n | n | ||||||
T1 | Cancer | Feasibility | 5 | Surgery or radiotherapy | Surgery and oncology | Doctors and nurses | 3 | Â | 3 (1 group) | 6 |
T2 | Primary care and cancer | Main | 28 | Multiple follow-up strategies | Primary care and oncology | Doctors and nurses | 3 | 3 | 3 (1 group) | 9 |
T3 | Primary care and infection | Main | 1 area (multiple locations) | Drug x, drug y, drug x + y | Primary care and paediatrics | Nurses | 2 | 2 |  | 4 |
T5 | Mental health and community care | Main | 2 areas (multiple locations) | Specific support or usual care | Psychiatry, community mental services | Nurses and others | 3 | 22 (2 groups) | 2 (1 group) | 27 |
T6 | Cancer | Feasibility and main | 9 | Surgery, radiotherapy, monitoring | Surgery and oncology | Doctors and nurses | 13 | 10 (1 group) | 7 | 30 |
T7 | Cancer | Feasibility | 22 | Chemotherapy with surgery or with radiotherapy | Oncology and surgery | Doctors | 8 | 3 | Â | 11 |
Total numbers of interviews | 32 | 40 | 15 | 87 | ||||||