Optimising decision making on illness absenteeism due to fever and common infections within childcare centres: development of a multicomponent intervention and study protocol of a cluster randomised controlled trial

Table 1 Time schedule of enrolment, intervention allocation, outcome assessments

			Study period
	Enrolment	Allocation	Post-allocation						Close-out
Timepoint	0	0	T ₁	T ₂	T ₃	T ₄	T ₅	T ₆
Enrolment:	X
Eligibility screen	X
Informed consent Survey 1 following child’s illness episode	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Informed consent Survey 2 knowledge, attitude, self-efficacy, risk perception childcare staff	X
Informed consent Survey 3 knowledge, attitude, self-efficacy, risk perception parents									X
Allocation		X
Interventions:
Educational session Childcare staff		X
Use of decision tool + booklet Childcare staff and parents		X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Online video Childcare staff and parents					X
Assessments:
Children’s illness registration		X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Survey 1 following child’s illness episode		X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Survey 2 Knowledge, attitude, self-efficacy, risk perception Childcare staff	X								X
Survey 3 Knowledge, attitude, self-efficacy, risk perception parents									X

ISSN: 1471-2458