Table 2.
Participants | Method of notification (%)1 | ||
---|---|---|---|
Letter | Meeting | E‐mail/web | |
Total (n = 143) | 115 (80) | 25 (18) | 17 (12) |
Gender | |||
Men | 85 (76) | 23 (21) | 17 (15) |
Women | 30 (97) | 2 (7) | 0 |
P value | 0.009 | 0.106 | 0.024 |
Age (years) | |||
<65 | 39 (74) | 6 (11) | 15 (28) |
>65 | 76 (84) | 19 (21) | 2 (2) |
P value | 0.130 | 0.174 | <0.001 |
Home or hospital | |||
Home | 66 (83) | 10 (13) | 12 (15) |
Hospital | 49 (77) | 15 (23) | 5 (18) |
P value | 0.397 | 0.121 | 0.203 |
Randomized or preference | |||
Randomized | 51 (76) | 13 (19) | 7 (10) |
Preference | 64 (84) | 12 (16) | 10 (13) |
P value | 0.291 | 0.661 | 0.797 |
All P values are calculated using Fisher’s exact P test.
1Fourteen participants asked to be informed by more than one method.