2.8. Participant’s allocation
UC
After signing the Informed Consent Form (ICF), participants were interviewed in person and if they were considered adherent to drug treatment for UC according to MGLT, the interview was interrupted, and they were not allocated. Non-adherent respondents were fully interviewed on visit 1, and then allocated according to information contained in the numbered envelope and opened consecutively, resulting from the randomization process. This procedure aimed to reduce interviewer’s bias during data collection at visit 1. Participants were allocated to the Intervention Group (IG) or Control Group (CG) and the allocation secrecy was preserved, as the researchers who performed the interventions were different from those who measured the outcomes. Both CG and IG received the standard care offered at POP, and the IG was also exposed to the intervention program (see 