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. 2021 Nov 8;9:623. Originally published 2020 Jun 17. [Version 2] doi: 10.12688/f1000research.23767.2

Table 4. Secondary outcome results.

Secondary
outcome
Group Hazard ratio (HR)/
Odds ratio (OR)/Mean
difference (MD)
95%
Confidence
Interval
p-value Other
Time to return Pen received vs. not
received
HR = 1.08 0.93, 1.25 0.30 Mean time for all participants to
return questionnaire = 12.2 days.
Median time for all participants to
return questionnaire = 9 days.
Social incentive cover
letter received vs. not
received
HR =1.101 0.87, 1.17 0.92
Host trial allocation
(intervention vs. control)
HR = 0.85 0.73, 1.00 0.05
Age (per year) HR = 0.99 0.97, 1.00 0.02
Gender (male vs. female) HR = 1.80 0.92, 1.26 0.35
Reminders
sent
Pen received vs. not
received
OR = 0.89 0.56, 1.42 0.63 83/755 (11.0%) required a reminder
p value associated with the Kruskal-
Wallis test statistic p=0.190
Social incentive cover
letter received vs. not
received
OR = 0.92 0.58, 1.47 0.74
Host trial allocation
(intervention vs. control)
OR = 1.611 1.00, 2.59 0.05
Age (per year) OR = 1.04 1.00, 1.08 0.03
Gender (male vs. female) OR = 0.87 0.53, 1.42 0.57
Completeness
of response
Pen received vs. not
received
MD = 0.14 -0.46, 0.74 0.65 Overall average completeness of the
questionnaires was 27.8/31 questions
(89.6% complete)
Social incentive cover
letter received vs. not
received
MD = 0.09 -0.69, 0.51 0.78
Host trial allocation
(intervention vs. control)
MD = -0.10 -0.55, 0.75 0.77
Age (per year) MD = -0.10 -0.46, 0.74 0.65
Gender (male vs. female) MD = -1.06 -1.69, -0.42 ˂0.001