Correction to: Rorie et al. Trials 18, 557 (2017)
http://orcid.org/10.1186/s13063-017-2318-4
Following the publication of the original article [1], the authors identified 12 participant accounts that should not have been included in the initial reported participant numbers.
The correct number of consented participants for the TIME study are 21,104.
Corrected Table 1 is also presented below:
Table 1.
Recruitment method | Registrations (n = 31,052) | Randomised (n = 21,095) |
---|---|---|
Radio | 73 | 65 |
Friends/relatives | 97 | 62 |
Web search | 101 | 58 |
From GP | 22,894 | 16,066 |
MEMO website | 105 | 46 |
Practice poster | 271 | 170 |
TIME video (YouTube) | 13 | 6 |
Medscape | 8 | 3 |
BHF Heart Matters | 338 | 253 |
Pharmacy | 27 | 16 |
Newspaper | 18 | 9 |
Hospital or clinic | 944 | 619 |
Biobank | 5358 | 3243 |
GoShare | 55 | 34 |
Other | 667 | 409 |
No Answer provided | 83 | 36 |
Reference
- 1.Rorie, et al. The Treatment In Morning versus Evening (TIME) study: analysis of recruitment, follow-up and retention rates post-recruitment. Trials. 2017;18:557. doi: 10.1186/s13063-017-2318-4. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]