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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 6.
Published in final edited form as: Qual Life Res. 2014 Nov 29;24(6):1297–1301. doi: 10.1007/s11136-014-0855-9

TABLE 3.

Factors associated with failure to accrual sufficient subjects to meet the qualtiy of life aim as outlined in the Proposal

Outcomes and Factors Success*
N=9
Failure
N=7
P value**
QoL Primary Aim 6 (67%) 1 (14%) 0.060
Able to Identify QoL Study Chair 8 (89%) 2 (29%) 0.035
Population CNS Tumors 2 (22%) 3 (43%) 0.596
Year Study Closed > 2007 5 (56%) 3 (43%) 1.000
Number of Time Points ≥ 3 3 (33%) 6 (86%) 0.060

Abbreviation: QoL - quality of life; CNS - central nervous system

*

Success was defined as accrual of the expected or target sample size (n=3) or accrual of a sufficient number of participants to meet the QoL aims as outlined in the proposal, but not the target number (n=6)

**

Using Fisher’s exact test