2.5.1. Primary Outcomes
RECRUITMENT, BLIND
As this was a feasibility study, the primary outcomes were: the number of patients screened for eligibility; the numbers who participated in the study (recruitment); the numbers of those who attended each week of the intervention as recorded by the occupational therapy facilitator (LB) (adherence); and the number of individuals who participated in the three-month follow-up (retention). Reasons for not participating in the study were also recorded. LB facilitated all four OptiMal programmes. Due to the nature of the intervention, it was not possible to blind LB to those allocated to the intervention. Training was provided to LB by DC who designed OptiMal. Fidelity of the intervention was monitored through a weekly log completed by LB. Acceptability of the intervention, examined through a qualitative methodology, is reported elsewhere [