PalliPA: How can general practices support caregivers of patients at their end of life in a home-care setting? A study protocol

Table 1 Phases of the MRC framework[27]in the PalliPA study*

	Current study			Planned future work
Phase	0	I	II	III	IV
MRC framework description	Preclinical or theoretical (why should this intervention work?)	Modelling (how does it work?)	Exploratory or pilot trial (optimising trial measures)	Definite randomized controlled trial	Implementation
PalliPA study context	Existing evidence: German guideline “Informal caregivers”, results from international implementation and intervention studies, results of caregivers’ needs assessments	Workshops: GPTs are informed about the existing evidence and discuss individual strategies for identifying and relieving burdened caregivers	Participatory action research: individual strategies are implemented in the practices and refined within a Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle	Not part of the PalliPA study	Not part of the PalliPA study
PalliPA study context			Estimation of effects on caregivers and patients as a basis for the planning of a subsequent trial	Not part of the PalliPA study	Not part of the PalliPA study

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