Table 2.
Recruitment Results
| Total potential participants | Personal history of breast cancer | Family history of breast cancera | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | (%) | Total | (%) | Total | (%) | ||
| Valid contact information (n = 382) | Completed phone interview, returned consent form | 174 | 18.0 | 65 | 22.0 | 109 | 16.3 |
| Completed phone interview, consent form not returned | 54 | 5.6 | 20 | 6.8 | 34 | 5.1 | |
| Did not complete phone interview | 82 | 8.5 | 22 | 7.4 | 60 | 9.0 | |
| Deceasedb | 13 | 1.3 | 11 | 3.7 | 2 | 0.3 | |
| Too confused to consent | 2 | 0.2 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Declined | 57 | 5.9 | 22 | 7.4 | 35 | 5.2 | |
| Unable to contact (n = 583) | No working contact informationc | 149 | 15.4 | 43 | 14.5 | 106 | 15.8 |
| No response to phone messaged | 162 | 16.8 | 35 | 11.8 | 127 | 19.0 | |
| No response to email | 78 | 8.1 | 14 | 4.7 | 64 | 9.6 | |
| No response to phone message and email | 194 | 20.1 | 62 | 20.9 | 132 | 19.7 | |
| Total | 965 | 100.0 | 296 | 100.0 | 669 | 100.0 | |
aFamily history is defined as having at least one first-degree relative with breast cancer
bContacted a household member who informed us the Spit for the Cure participant was deceased
cDefined as having no working voicemail and/or email address and not being able to leave a message with a household member
dDefined as no response to voicemail message or message left with household member