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Table 1 Demographic characteristics and response rate by recruitment strategy

From: A randomized trial of mail and email recruitment strategies for a physician survey on clinical trial accrual

 

Mail-based recruitment (n = 6526)

Email-based recruitment (n = 6725)

 

n

%

n

%

p-value

Age (years)

    

0.82

 25–34

121

1.9

137

2.0

 

 35–44

1908

29.2

1921

28.6

 

 45–54

1959

30.0

2005

29.8

 

 55–64

1629

25.0

1713

25.5

 

 65+

909

13.9

949

14.1

 

Sex

    

0.37

 Male

4530

69.4

4620

68.7

 

 Female

1996

30.6

2105

31.3

 

Specialty

    

0.21

 Medical oncology

4541

69.7

4630

68.9

 

 Radiation oncology

1820

27.9

1900

28.3

 

 Surgical oncology

159

2.4

195

2.9

 

Geographic region

    

0.32

 West

1315

20.2

1332

19.8

 

 Midwest

1452

22.3

1421

21.1

 

 Northeast

1504

23.1

1570

23.4

 

 South

2255

34.6

2402

35.7

 

Response rate

770

11.8

302

4.5

< 0.01

Response mode (n = 1072)

 Returned paper survey

194

25.2

0

0.0

 

 Completed survey online

576

74.8

302

100.0

 
  1. NOTE: Column percentages displayed in table
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