Table 2.
Impact of pre‐ and post‐COVID‐19 recruitment screening among those who expressed interest in study (n = 754)
| Pre‐COVID‐19 onset (n = 485) | Post‐COVID‐19 onset (n = 269) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Screening phases | n | %a | n | % a | χ 2 | p |
| 1) Telephone | ||||||
| a) Completed | 67.8 | 67.8 | 67.8 | 75.1 | 4.38 | 0.04 |
| b) Eligible | 318 | 96.7 | 199 | 98.5 | 1.68 | 0.19 |
| 2) Health Assessment | ||||||
| a) Completed | 264 | 83.0 | 159 | 79.9 | 0.80 | 0.37 |
| b) Eligible | 254 | 96.2 | 143 | 89.9 | 6.77 | 0.009 |
| 3) Physical activity assessment | ||||||
| a) Completed | 229 | 90.2 | 138 | 96.5 | 5.27 | 0.02 |
| b) Eligible | 194 | 84.7 | 123 | 89.1 | 1.43 | 0.23 |
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Note: Percentages use the sample size from the prior step as the denominator.
Abbreviation: COVID‐19, coronavirus disease 2019.