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Table 2 Rate of recruitment per centre, including expected rate, missed, declined and total recruited (in ascending order according to Recruitment Index)

From: Lessons learnt recruiting to a multi-site UK cohort study to explore recovery of health and well-being after colorectal cancer (CREW study)

Centre

Number of weeks recruiting

Expected recruitment per week*

Expected total recruitment figure**

Total eligible patients

Missed

Declined

Reduced consent

Full consent

Totals recruited

% recruited (total recruited/total eligible)

Rate per week

Recruitment index***

Attended initial set up day?

Total number of nurses attending study days

BB

80

2

160

217

19

9

24

165

189

87%

2.36

2.06

Yes

4

B

56

3

95

130

6

15

22

87

109

84%

1.95

1.64

Yes

5

L

54

2

104

115

3

10

11

91

102

89%

1.89

1.68

Yes

3

J

56

2

111

94

0

4

7

83

90

96%

1.61

1.55

Yes

5

K

55

1

55

53

1

1

12

39

51

96%

0.93

0.89

Late start

2

CC

26

5

130

25

1

0

5

19

24

96%

0.92

0.88

Yes

3

M

52

2

104

68

7

7

3

51

54

81%

1.06

0.86

Yes

7

W

43

1

43

39

1

2

10

26

36

92%

0.84

0.77

Yes

3

C

60

2

120

52

2

5

12

33

45

87%

0.75

0.65

Yes

3

Z

15

2

31

11

0

1

0

10

10

91%

0.67

0.61

Late start

1

O

51

2

101

57

9

8

8

32

40

70%

0.78

0.55

Yes

3

X

44

3

131

32

6

1

0

25

25

78%

0.57

0.44

Yes

1

Y

42

1

42

28

1

5

2

20

22

79%

0.52

0.41

Yes

4

Q

52

2

111

38

1

9

1

27

28

74%

0.54

0.40

Yes

4

N

46

2

91

41

0

14

4

23

27

66%

0.59

0.39

Late start

2

D

59

2

118

49

3

13

0

33

33

67%

0.56

0.38

Yes

1

A

37

2

73

18

0

2

2

14

16

89%

0.43

0.38

Yes

5

F

38

2

77

47

11

10

7

19

26

55%

0.68

0.37

Late start

2

G

38

2

75

22

3

2

5

12

17

77%

0.45

0.35

No

0

I

55

3

167

52

12

11

5

24

29

56%

0.53

0.30

Yes

4

H

56

1

47

41

4

11

1

25

26

63%

0.46

0.29

Yes

2

V

47

4

187

17

3

3

0

11

11

65%

0.23

0.15

No

1

U

47

2

44

30

7

9

0

14

14

47%

0.30

0.14

Yes

3

E

38

2

76

37

5

20

4

8

12

32%

0.32

0.10

Late start

1

AA

38

2

109

11

2

3

1

5

6

55%

0.16

0.09

No

0

S

35

2

69

3

0

0

0

3

3

100%

0.09

0.09

No

0

R

52

2

103

12

4

1

0

7

7

58%

0.13

0.08

No

0

T

22

2

108

1

0

0

0

1

1

100%

0.05

0.05

No

0

P

34

1

34

10

5

2

0

3

3

30%

0.09

0.03

Late start

1

  

TOTAL

1350

116

178

146

910

1056

78%

   

70

     

9%

13%

11%

67%

78%

     
  1. *As declared by centre on Expression of Interest and/or Contract (rounded down).
  2. **Number of weeks recruiting x Expected recruitment per week.
  3. ***Recruitment Index = mean number recruited per week x percentage of eligible people actually recruited.