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From: ‘Putting Life in Years’ (PLINY) telephone friendship groups research study: pilot randomised controlled trial

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Flow of participants through the study. aOne withdrawn by Chief Investigator due to protocol violation relating to eligibility; two withdrew consent shortly after allocation (one unhappy with involvement of service provider; one felt the study was not for them); five withdrew consent at the point of arranging 6 month follow-up (one due to ill health; one no longer unhappy so did not want to take part; one unhappy with the intervention - at this point they had not received any calls; one other reason - unhappy with being left uninformed about lack of intervention; one due to personal or family issues); one not contactable (minimum of six telephone attempts and reminder letter sent). bOne withdrew consent at the point of arranging 6 month follow-up (unhappy with allocated study arm); one not contactable (line dead, letter and email reminder sent); one on 4 week holiday; two refused (one felt no different so did not want to answer the same questions again; one was too ill). cTwo participants no longer wanted intervention (one was too busy; one thought intervention was not for them) and one participant did not give any reason for intervention withdrawal. dAssigned to intervention group 4 but the volunteer dropped out before intervention delivery. eOne withdrew consent at the point of arranging 6 months follow-up (unhappy with study arm allocation); one not contactable (no dial tone, letter and email reminder sent); one on four week holiday; two refused (one felt no different so did not want to answer the same questions again; one felt too ill). fTwo no longer wanted intervention (one was too busy; one thought intervention was not for them); one did not give any reason for intervention withdrawal. gAssigned to intervention group 4 but intervention not delivered as volunteer dropped out. ITT, intention-to-treat.

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