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Table 3 Characteristics of randomised participants with versus without DVD

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

 

DVD (n = 114)

 

no-DVD (n = 129)

 

Mean(SD)

n(%)

Mean(SD)

n(%)

Age (years)

70.1 (5.8)

 

70.6 (6.3)

 

Sex

 Male

 

98 (86.0)

 

114 (88.4)

 Female

 

16 (14.0)

 

15 (11.6)

SIMD quintile

 1 (most deprived)

 

1 (0.8)

 

4 (3.1)

 2

 

19 (16.7)

 

22 (17.1)

 3

 

19 (16.7)

 

24 (18.6)

 4

 

58 (50.9)

 

57 (44.2)

 5 (least deprived)

 

17 (14.9)

 

22 (17.1)