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Table 3 Subgroup analysis

From: Does a monetary incentive improve the response to a postal questionnaire in a randomised controlled trial? The MINT incentive study

 

4 month questionnaire

8 month questionnaire

 
 

Incentive

n = 590 (%)

No incentive

n = 604 (%)

Incentive

n = 480 (%)

No incentive

n = 470 (%)

Interaction stats

Ratio of RR, 4 months versus 8 months (95% CI)

Questionnaire returned

473 (80.2)

435 (72.0)

337(70.2)

303 (64.5)

1.02

(0.92, 1.14)

Questionnaire returned without chasing

338 (57.3)

287 (47.5)

222 (46.3)

206 (43.8)

1.14

(0.96, 1.37)

Non-responder (after all follow-up efforts)

46 (7.8)

73 (12.1)

50 (10.4)

69 (14.7)

0.91

(0.56, 1.48)