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Table 4 Schedule of enrollment, interventions, and assessments

From: Safety of tubal ligation by minilaparotomy provided by clinical officers versus assistant medical officers: study protocol for a noninferiority randomized controlled trial in Tanzanian women

 

Study period

 

Enrollment

Allocation

Postallocation

Time pointa

Day 0

Day 0

Day 0

Day 3

Day 7

Day 42

Enrollment

 Eligibility screen

X

     

 Informed consent

X

     

 Allocation

 

X

    

Interventions

 Procedure by CO

  

X

   

 Procedure by AMO

  

X

   

Assessments

 Pregnancy test

X

     

 Directed physical examination

X

  

X

X

X

 Adverse events

  

X

X

X

X

 Interview

    

X

X

  1. AMO Assistant medical officer, CO Clinical officer
  2. aIn most cases, screening, enrollment, allocation, and the tubal ligation by minilaparotomy procedure will all be done on the same day (designated as day 0)