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Table 1 Distribution of clinic-months over the study period

From: Study protocol: A stepped-wedge, cluster-randomized trial of the effectiveness of a deliberative loop in identifying implementation strategies for the adoption of a dental sealant guideline in dental clinics

  

Number of clinics

Month

Number of clinics receiving intervention

Non-intervention period

Intervention period

Jan

 

16

0

Feb

 

16

0

Mar

1

15

1

Apr

1

14

2

May

2

12

4

June

3

9

8

July

1

8

10

Aug

2

6

13

Sept

4

2

15

Oct

2

0

16

Nov

 

0

16

Dec

 

0

16

Total

16

114

117

  1. Note: If the clinic’s deliberative forum occurs with the first 15 days of the month, the intervention period is counted as starting in that month; if the clinic’s deliberative forum occurs within the last 15–16 days of the month, the intervention period is counted as starting in the month following