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. 2013 Jul 18;109(3):597–602. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2013.377

Table 3. Heterogeneity of difference between office hour appointments with and without the option to change to OOH in the invitation letter.

Category Trial arm office hours Invited Attended % Attended
Screening unit
Static Standard 9004 6587 73.2%
  With option to OOH 3383 2584 76.4%
Mobile Standard 406 313 77.1%
 
With option to OOH
136
94
69.1%
Season
Spring Standard 1438 1116 77.6%
  With option to OOH 992 746 75.2%
Summer Standard 2211 1658 75.0%
  With option to OOH 570 459 80.5%
Autumn Standard 2930 1947 66.5%
  With option to OOH 1235 915 74.1%
Winter Standard 2831 2179 77.0%
 
With option to OOH
722
558
77.3%
Attendance at previous screen
Attended Standard 5700 5003 87.8%
  With option to OOH 2394 2112 88.2%
Not-attended Standard 1933 591 30.6%
 
With option to OOH
650
225
34.6%
Age group
47 to <54 Standard 2332 1713 73.5%
  With option to OOH 732 541 73.9%
54 to <59 Standard 2191 1621 74.0%
  With option to OOH 676 503 74.4%
59 to <65 Standard 2563 1889 73.7%
  With option to OOH 972 768 79.0%
65 to <74 Standard 2324 1677 72.2%
  With option to OOH 1139 866 76.0%

Abbreviation: OOH=out-of-hours.