Table 1.
Reasons patient were not screened for eligibility, not eligibility assessed or consented.
| Reason patient not screened | Count (%) [N = 1169] |
|---|---|
| Previous breast cancer and therefore ineligible | 109 (9.3) |
| Other | 1060 (90.7) |
| Already started treatment | 279 (23.9) |
| Clinical decision not to approach | 109 (9.3) |
| Co-morbidities | 35 (3.0) |
| Ineligible (other than started treatment) | 354 (30.3) |
| Research Staffing/Resource issues | 115 (9.8) |
| Treatment at another hospital/declined treatment | 47 (4.0) |
| Contact issues | 15 (1.3) |
| Could not be contacted | 9 (0.8) |
| Did not attend appointment | 6 (0.5) |
| Lack of consultee for patient with dementia | 34 (2.9) |
| Language barrier | 12 (1.0) |
| Not interested | 12 (1.0) |
| Trial enrolment would be ‘Too much’ for them | 33 (2.8) |
| Patient died | 2 (0.2) |
| No reason | 5 (0.4) |
| Unable to categorise | 8 (0.7) |
| Reason patient not assessed for eligibility | Count (%) [N = 1824] |
| Consultee not interested | 219 (12.0) |
| Lack of Time | 195 (10.7) |
| Not interested in questionnaires | 171 (9.4) |
| Not specified | 448 (24.6) |
| Other: | 789 (43.3) |
| Already started treatment | 176 (9.6) |
| Co-morbidities: | 35 (1.9) |
| Visual impairment | 4 (0.2) |
| Frailty or ‘Age’ | 5 (0.3) |
| Other co-morbidities | 26 (1.4) |
| Ineligible (other than started treatment) | 60 (3.3) |
| Staffing/Resource issue | 21 (1.2) |
| Treatment at another hospital/declined treatment | 92 (5.0) |
| Private care | 8 (0.4) |
| Treatment at another hospital | 74 (4.1) |
| GP care only | 1 (0.1) |
| No treatment/follow-up | 9 (0.5) |
| Declined | 126 (6.9) |
| Unable to contact patient | 43 (2.4) |
| Patient declined | 83 (4.6) |
| Trial Burden | 247 (13.5) |
| Too much | 232 (12.7) |
| Transport issues | 8 (0.4) |
| Acts as a carer | 7 (0.4) |
| Could not be consented due to lack of consultee | 10 (0.5) |
| Could not be consented due to language barrier | 4 (0.2) |
| Unable to categorise | 20 (1.1) |
| Reason patient not consented, (where given, more than one reason possible) | Count (%) [N = 193] |
| Consultee not interested | 15 (7.8) |
| Lack of Time | 27 (14.0) |
| Not interested in questionnaires | 18 (9.3) |
| Not specified | 33 (17.1) |
| Other: | 100 (51.8) |
| Trial burden | 58 (30.1) |
| Too much | 55 (28.5) |
| Transport | 3 (1.6) |
| Already started treatment | 14 (7.3) |
| Staffing/Resource issue | 8 (4.1) |
| Not Interested in trial | 10 (5.2) |
| Treatment at another hospital/declined treatment | 3 (1.6) |
| Private hospital | 2 (1.0) |
| Other hospital | 1 (0.5) |
| Co-morbidities | 2 (1.0) |
| More time needed to consider trial | 1 (0.5) |
| Language barrier | 1 (0.5) |
| Did not attend appointment | 1 (0.5) |
| Unable to categorise | 2 (1.0) |