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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of participants

From: Mobile electronic versus paper case report forms in clinical trials: a randomized controlled trial

 

CRF entry method

 

eCRF

pCRF

Patient characteristics

 Number of patients

13

14

 Age (years)

57.54 ± 5.79

57.36 ± 5.91

 Male/female

2/11

3/11

Study nurse characteristics

 Number of study nurses

2

2

 Age (years)

36, 49

36, 49

 Male/female

0/2

0/2

  1. Participants were either patients enrolled in a clinical weight loss trial or study nurses capturing data of these patients. Until completion of data collection 13 patients were enrolled in the eCRF group and 14 patients in the pCRF group. Patient groups did not differ with respect to age (p = .937) or male to female ratio (p = .686)