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Table 3 Preferred methods of completing survey by age category combining both cohorts

From: Clinical patient registry recruitment and retention: a survey of patients in two chronic disease registries

 

Age (years)

 

<45 years

45-64 years

65+ years

p-value

Paper surveys mailed home

0.4 ± 0.7

1.1 ± 1.2

2.1 ± 1.2

<0.001

Paper or tablet at clinic

0.6 ± 1.1

0.7 ± 1.0

0.9 ± 1.0

0.12

Phone survey

0.1 ± 0.4

0.1 ± 0.4

0.2 ± 0.6

0.03

E-mail survey

2.0 ± 1.0

1.8 ± 1.2

1.1 ± 1.2

<0.001

Internet survey

1.9 ± 1.1

1.4 ± 1.2

0.6 ± 1.0

<0.001

Survey using a PDA (application)

0.9 ± 1.0

0.4 ± 0.8

0.2 ± 0.5

<0.001

  1. To allow for easier comparison across items and across registries, we created a score from 0 to 3, where 0 signified no ratings of an item in the top 3, and 3 signified the top rated item across all respondents. The ratings were 3 = most important, 2 = second most important, and 1 = third most important. For items not rated in the top 3, zero was assigned. P-values calculated using Kruskal-Wallis tests