Blinding
To reduce bias, study participants were blinded to their group allocation (usual care, intervention) and the RA’s who collected the assessment data and statistician who analyzed the data were also blinded. Usual care providers were also unaware of the participants’ group allocation. The intervention was known to the providers who were administering the intervention however, they were unaware of the outcomes being studied. Upon completion of the study at 6-months, participants received a debriefing letter describing the two groups and their group allocation.