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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the sample

From: Does the provision of a DVD-based audio-visual presentation improve recruitment in a clinical trial? A randomised trial of DVD trial invitations

Characteristics

 

Total (n = 1050)

 

DVD (n = 501)

 

no-DVD (n = 531)

 

Mean(SD)

n(%)

Mean(SD)

n(%)

Mean(SD)

n(%)

Age (years)

70.9 (7.0)

 

70.8 (7.0)

 

71.0 (7.0)

 

Sex

 Male

 

828 (80.2)

 

403 (80.4)

 

425 (80.0)

 Female

 

204 (19.8)

 

98 (19.6)

 

106 (20.0)

SIMD quintile

 1 (most deprived)

 

49 (4.8)

 

26 (5.2)

 

23 (4.3)

 2

 

192 (18.6)

 

86 (17.2)

 

106 (20.0)

 3

 

243 (23.6)

 

119 (23.8)

 

124 (23.4)

 4

 

382 (37.0)

 

190 (37.9)

 

192 (36.2)

 5 (least deprived)

 

166 (16.1)

 

80 (16.0)

 

86 (16.2)