Evaluating the feasibility of study methods for a future trial-based economic evaluation of a multistage shared decision-making program for type 2 diabetes mellitus: Protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled pilot study

Anna Tichler; Dorijn F.L. Hertroijs; Ghislaine A.P.G. van Mastrigt; Martijn C.G.J. Brouwers; Dirk Ruwaard; Arianne M. J. Elissen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0300944

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Evaluating the feasibility of study methods for a future trial-based economic evaluation of a multistage shared decision-making program for type 2 diabetes mellitus: Protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled pilot study

Anna Tichler ,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: a.tichler@maastrichtuniversity.nl

Affiliations Department of Health Services Research, Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences (FHML), Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands, Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences (FHML), Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7747-0946

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Dorijn F.L. Hertroijs,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Health Services Research, Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences (FHML), Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands, Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences (FHML), Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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Ghislaine A.P.G. van Mastrigt,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Health Services Research, Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences (FHML), Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands, Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences (FHML), Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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Martijn C.G.J. Brouwers,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences (FHML), Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolic Disease, Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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Dirk Ruwaard,

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing, Conceptualization

Affiliations Department of Health Services Research, Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences (FHML), Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands, Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences (FHML), Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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Arianne M. J. Elissen

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Health Services Research, Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences (FHML), Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands, Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences (FHML), Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9795-8095

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Evaluating the feasibility of study methods for a future trial-based economic evaluation of a multistage shared decision-making program for type 2 diabetes mellitus: Protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled pilot study

Anna Tichler,
Dorijn F.L. Hertroijs,
Ghislaine A.P.G. van Mastrigt,
Martijn C.G.J. Brouwers,
Dirk Ruwaard,
Arianne M. J. Elissen

Published: August 5, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0300944

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