From: Internet trials: participant experiences and perspectives
Recruitment | n (%) |
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How did you hear about the stretching trial? (n=397) | |
online (search engines, websites, links) | 73 (18.4) |
94 (23.7) | |
newspaper/magazine/journal | 86 (21.7) |
newsletter/flyer | 6 (1.5) |
news | 2 (0.5) |
radio | 30 (7.6) |
other | 19 (4.8) |
don’t know | 29 (7.3) |
person | 58 (14.6) |
Would have participated in stretching trial if data was collected using: | |
phone (n=380) | 130 (34.2) |
written surveys (n=380) | 174 (45.8) |
face to face interviews if: | |
accessible by public transport (n=368) | 85 (23.1) |
accessible by driving (n=370) | 62 (16.8) |
Follow-up and reporting outcomes | |
Time to complete weekly report (n=395) | |
≤5mins | 310 (78.5) |
6-10mins | 77 (19.7) |
11-20mins | 8 (2.0) |
Was reporting a burden (n=397) | |
not at all | 297 (74.8) |
a small burden | 100 (25.2) |
a major burden | 0 (0.0) |
Difficulty in accurately reporting outcome (n=393) | |
very difficult | 8 (2.0) |
somewhat difficult | 77 (19.6) |
a little difficult | 137 (34.9) |
not at all difficult | 171 (43.5) |
Reporting truthfully (n=391) | |
always truthful | 298 (76.2) |
usually truthful | 87 (22.3) |
sometimes truthful | 6 (1.5) |
rarely truthful | 0 (0.0) |
Consistently reporting outcomes (n=391) | |
very consistent | 173 (44.3) |
somewhat consistent | 178 (45.5) |
a little consistent | 34 (8.7) |
not at all consistent | 6 (1.5) |