Setting
coronavirus disease
POLAND
HOMESIDE originally planned to recruit participants from six sites in five countries: Australia (Queensland and Victoria), Germany, Norway, Poland and the UK. Initially, training between music therapists and CGs, as well as outcome assessments for all participants, was planned to take place in person. Therefore, participants in Australia were originally only going to be recruited from the states of Queensland and Victoria due to the geographical size of the country. To facilitate the in-person delivery of the intervention across geographically diverse regions, randomisation within Australia was stratified to these two states. Due to the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in March 2020, for the safety of participants and the HOMESIDE team, the delivery of all clinical trial activities moved to an online format (via secured video conference software). This provided scope to recruit participants beyond Queensland and Victoria in Australia. Therefore, the Queensland stratum was subsequently redefined as ‘Northern Australia’ to capture participants recruited from New South Wales, Queensland or the Australian Capital Territory. The Victoria stratum was subsequently redefined as ‘Southern Australia’ and covered participants recruited from the rest of Australia (i.e. Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia, Northern Territory).