Table 3.
Number of individuals recruited by recruitment method and study
| Study | Target sample size | Total recruited | Recruitment method | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP mail-out (% of total recruited) | Referrala (% of total recruited) | South Yorkshire Cohort (% of total recruited) | Otherb (% of total recruited) | Community engagement (% of total recruited) | Unknown (% of total recruited) | |||
| Lifestyle Matters feasibility study | N/A | 28 | N/A | 0 | N/A | 3 (10.7) | 25 (89.3) | 0 |
| Lifestyle Matters RCT | 268 | 288 | 270 (93.8) | 15 (5.2) | N/A | 3 (1.0) | 0 | 0 |
| Putting Life In Years RCT | N/Ac | 157 | 136 (86.6) | 3 (1.9) | 11 (7.0) | 5 (3.2) | 0 | 2 (1.3) |
aDistrict nurse referrals, plus participants who were signposted from other services such as Sheffield 50 + or from a health and social care worker
bRecruitment through family member/friend or research staff in addition to participants seeing posters in libraries and other recruitment literature in the public domain, such as advertisements in their local newspaper
cThe target sample size was 248; however, recruitment halted early (63% of target) due to issues relating to service provide capacity to deliver the intervention at scale
GP general practitioner, N/A not applicable, RCT randomised controlled trial