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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin J Pain. 2022 Jul 1;38(7):459–469. doi: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000001040

Table 3.

In-person vs virtual recruitment, enrollment, and trial participation

Total N % n withdrawn Reasons for Withdrawal
In-Person (Jan 2018-March 2020)
 Potentially Eligible 205
 Referred 61 29.8
 Enrolled 27 44.3
 Withdrew 4 14.8 1 Psychiatric acuity (possible psychosis)
1 Family decision to withdraw
1 Psychiatric acuity (child highly anxious, family decided to withdraw)
1 Psychiatric acuity (treatment team recommended withdraw)

Virtual/Dual (March 2020-July 2021)
 Potentially Eligibile 184
 Referred 58 31.5
 Enrolled 41 70.7
Virtual 32
In-Person 8
Hybrid 1
 Withdrew 5 12.2 2 Initially in-person; withdrew because did not want virtual treatment
1 Virtually enrolled; family moved out of state during pandemic
1 High medical/psychiatric acuity (treatment team recommended withdraw)
1 Family was unable to commit to treatment schedule due to increased extracurricular demands

Note: Adaptation to virtual format occurred in March 2020. Items highlighted in blue indicate COVID-19 related reasons for withdrawal. % referred = eligible patients (screened, not excluded) referred for trial; % enrolled = patients referred and enrolled; % withdrawn = youth withdrawn out of total enrolled. Two enrolled youth for in-person treatment immediately withdrew during the initial transition to the virtual format, as both did not want virtual treatment. Four in-person enrolled youth decided to continue with virtual treatment during the initial transition (these youth were considered “hybrid” because they received both in-person and virtual components). The “dual” phase occurred March-July 2021; both in-person and virtual options were available and individual youth remained in the chosen format. One youth, however, in the dual phase received a combination of formats in order to work with the family’s availability.