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. 2012 Oct 23;12:162. doi: 10.1186/1471-2288-12-162

Table 2.

Participation in the Stretching Trial

Recruitment n (%)
How did you hear about the stretching trial? (n=397)
 
online (search engines, websites, links)
73 (18.4)
email
94 (23.7)
newspaper/magazine/journal
86 (21.7)
newsletter/flyer
6 (1.5)
news
2 (0.5)
radio
30 (7.6)
other
19 (4.8)
don’t know
29 (7.3)
person
58 (14.6)
Would have participated in stretching trial if data was collected using:
 
phone (n=380)
130 (34.2)
written surveys (n=380)
174 (45.8)
face to face interviews if:
 
accessible by public transport (n=368)
85 (23.1)
accessible by driving (n=370)
62 (16.8)
Follow-up and reporting outcomes
 
Time to complete weekly report (n=395)
 
≤5mins
310 (78.5)
6-10mins
77 (19.7)
11-20mins
8 (2.0)
Was reporting a burden (n=397)
 
not at all
297 (74.8)
a small burden
100 (25.2)
a major burden
0 (0.0)
Difficulty in accurately reporting outcome (n=393)
 
very difficult
8 (2.0)
somewhat difficult
77 (19.6)
a little difficult
137 (34.9)
not at all difficult
171 (43.5)
Reporting truthfully (n=391)
 
always truthful
298 (76.2)
usually truthful
87 (22.3)
sometimes truthful
6 (1.5)
rarely truthful
0 (0.0)
Consistently reporting outcomes (n=391)
 
very consistent
173 (44.3)
somewhat consistent
178 (45.5)
a little consistent
34 (8.7)
not at all consistent 6 (1.5)