Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 13.
Published in final edited form as: Cardiol Young. 2012 Jul 5;23(2):248–257. doi: 10.1017/S1047951112000832

Table 2.

Trial recruitment during three periods of time (seven original sites).

Periods Initial Intermediate Final
Number screened
 Mean, per month 20.7 26.8 23.0
 Relative percentage change – 30% −14%
 p-value compared with previous period – 0.007 0.061
Rate of eligibility
 Number eligible/number screened 48% 44% 42%
 Relative percentage change – −7% −6%
 p-value compared with previous period – 0.505 0.520
Rate of consent
 Number randomised/number eligible 39% 55% 45%
 Relative percentage change – 42% −19%
 p-value compared with previous period 0.025 0.116
Number randomised
 Mean, per month 3.8 6.5 4.3
 Relative percentage change 71% −34%
 p-value compared with previous period 0.010 0.012