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Table 3 Willingness to participate, participation rates, and conditional participation rates in trial 1 and 2

From: Improving participation rates by providing choice of participation mode: two randomized controlled trials

Invitation formats

No choice

Choice

    

TRIAL 1

interview (n = 198)

interview or questionnaire (n = 193)

X 2

df

p

RR (95%CI)

Participation rate

130 (66%)

125 (65%)

0.03

1

0.853

0.98 (0.74 - 1.28)

Conditional participation rate

130 (90%)

125 (72%)

15.65

1

<.01

0.37 (0.22 - 0.63)

Willing to participate

145 (73%)

174 (90%)

18.63

1

<.01

2.72 (1.67 - 4.42)

 

No choice

Choice

    

TRIAL 2

questionnaire (n = 294)

interview or questionnaire (n = 298)

X 2

df

p

RR (95%CI)

Participation rate

134 (46%)

177 (59%)

11.33

1

<.01

1.34 (1.13 - 1.59)

Conditional participation rate

134 (53%)

177 (66%)

9.25

1

<.01

1.39 (1.12 - 1.71)

Willing to participate

253 (86%)

268 (90%)

2.11

1

0.146

1.39 (0.89 - 2.16)

  1. Abbreviations: X2 = chi square, RR = relative risk.