Overview of the underlying cluster-randomized SDM implementation trial
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The cluster-randomized PREPARED trial followed a stepped wedge design to evaluate a theoretically and empirically based multi-component SDM implementation program [Overview of the cluster-randomized SDM implementation trialThe SDM implementation program was implemented at three departments (clusters) of the University Cancer Center Hamburg (UCCH), a comprehensive cancer center at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) in Germany. It consisted of six implementation strategies: 1) SDM group training for physicians and nurses, 2) individual coaching sessions for physicians, 3) provision of the patient empowerment strategy Ask 3 Questions (Ask3Q, [The collection of outcome data occurred in four two-months waves before, between, and after the implementation intervals (cp. Fig. 