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Table 2 Recruitment outcomes among potential participants approached for a baseline survey for concurrent validity testing according to target language group

From: Patient responses to research recruitment and follow-up surveys: findings from a diverse multicultural health care setting in Qatar

Enrollment Status

 

Participants according to language group

 

Total of all languages

Arabic speakers

English speakers

Hindi speakers

Urdu speakers

N = 1503

N = 309

N = 302

N = 563

N = 329

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Ineligible

784 (52)

96 (31)

154 (51)

393 (70)

141 (43)

 Not patient’s primary language

596

27

123

370

76

 Quota full

152

66

24

22

40

 Below age cut-off

15

2

3

0

10

 Already took the survey

6

1

3

1

1

 Reason not recorded

15

0

1

0

14

Declined

319 (21)

113 (37)

48 (16)

70 (12)

88 (27)

 Not interested

125

72

14

14

25

 No time

114

24

23

30

37

 Sick/sick child

28

11

4

6

7

 Family issue

11

0

2

4

5

 Other

15

6

1

1

7

 Unknown

26

0

4

15

7

Enrolled

400 (17)

100 (32)

100 (33)

100 (18)

100 (30)

 Completed baseline survey

378

92

95

92

99

 Excluded

22

8

5

8

1

 Incomplete baseline survey

21

7

5 a

8 a

1

 Below age cut-off

1

1

0

0

0

  1. a A Hindi-speaking participant had uncompleted Hindi and English surveys. He started the Hindi version but found it difficult, so switched to the English. Next, he had to see the doctor, and he never returned to finish