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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 20.
Published in final edited form as: Prehosp Emerg Care. 2009 Apr–Jun;13(2):160–168. doi: 10.1080/10903120802708852

TABLE 1.

Reasons Reported by the 681 People Responding that they had not Enrolled a Patient in the ROC Hypertonic Saline Study.

Reason for not enrolling a patient Number of respondents who endorsed this reason Percent of respondents endorsing this reason (n = 681)
I have not had a patient who met entry criteria 446 65.5%
I did not have time to enroll a patient who met entry criteria 29 4.3%
A patient qualified for the study but was wearing a No Study Bracelet 0 0.0%
I had a patient who qualified but did not remember to enroll 28 4.1%
I am ethically opposed to enrolling patients in studies without consent 8 1.1%
I have concerns about the safety of this particular study 5 0.7%
I do not work for an agency that is participating in the study 77 11.3%
Other 62 9.1%

Numbers do not add up to 100% because not all respondents endorsed any reason and more than one was allowed