| Autor: |
Natalie A. Johnson, Kypros Kypri, Joanna Latter, Patrick McElduff, John Attia, Richard Saitz, John B. Saunders, Luke Wolfenden, Adrian Dunlop, Christopher Doran, Jim McCambridge |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2015 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Preventive Medicine Reports, Vol 2, Iss C, Pp 746-749 (2015) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2211-3355 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.08.016 |
| Popis: |
Objectives: Telephone follow-up is not currently recommended as a strategy to improve retention in randomized trials. The aims of this study were to estimate the effect of telephone follow-up on retention, identify participant characteristics predictive of questionnaire completion during or after telephone follow-up, and estimate the effect of including participants who provided follow-up data during or after telephone follow-up on balance between randomly allocated groups in a trial estimating the effect of electronic alcohol screening and brief intervention on alcohol consumption in hospital outpatients with hazardous or harmful drinking. Method: Trial participants were followed up 6 months after randomization (June–December 2013) using e-mails containing a hyperlink to a web-based questionnaire when possible and by post otherwise. Telephone follow-up was attempted after two written reminders and participants were invited to complete the questionnaire by telephone when contact was made. Results: Retention before telephone follow-up was 62.1% (520/837) and 82.8% (693/837) afterward: an increase of 20.7% (173/837). Therefore, 55% (95% CI 49%–60%) of the 317 participants who had not responded after two written reminders responded during or after the follow-up telephone call. Age |
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