Table 3.

Treatment after trial entry

	Intervention n = 38	Control n = 30
Patient retention n (%)
Number with primary outcome (at 6 months)	24 (63.2)	25 (83.3)
Number at end of study with primary outcome (at 9 months)	24 (63.2)	23 (76.7)a
Number at end of study with primary or secondary outcomes (at 9 months)	27 (71.1)b	22 (73.3)
Post-randomisation withdrawal of patients n (%)
Protocol deviation	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Lost to follow-up	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Withdrawal of consent by patient	7 (18.4)	8 (26.7)
Death	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Other (including withdrawal of GP practice)c	4 (10.5)	0 (0.0)

^aPrimary outcome data were collected for 1 patient prior to withdrawal

^bThree patients were followed up for the patient-reported outcome questionnaires from the GP practice which withdrew after baseline data collection

^cOther reasons: n = 4 patients decided to withdraw from the GP practice which withdrew after baseline data collection (intervention arm)