Table 4.

Reasons for discontinuing the interview.^a

Reasons	Age groups (years), n (%)			P value
	All	18-69	≥70
Discharge from EDb	101 (28.7)	89 (34.4)	12 (12.9)	<.001
Tired	95 (27.0)	69 (26.6)	26 (28.0)	.81
Missing/not stated	61 (17.3)	48 (18.5)	13 (14.0)	.32
Admission/transfer	22 (6.3)	13 (5.0)	9 (9.7)	.11
Difficulty to use tablet	16 (4.5)	3 (1.2)	13 (14.0)	<.001
Clinical examination	15 (4.3)	11 (4.2)	4 (4.3)	.98
Technical issues	11 (3.1)	8 (3.1)	3 (3.2)	.94
End of research staff work shift	10 (2.8)	6 (2.3)	4 (4.3)	.32
Perceived not relevant/too many questions	9 (2.6)	5 (1.9)	4 (4.3)	.21
Acute medical condition/measure	7 (2.0)	3 (1.2)	4 (4.3)	.06
Other	5 (1.4)	4 (1.5)	1 (1.1)	.75

^aNumber (n) and proportions (%) of all 352 participants who did not complete the full interview, according to age group.

^bED: emergency department.