Seminars may increase recruitment to randomised controlled trials: lessons learned from WISDOM

Table 1 Questionnaire responses to "What was most helpful in your decision to enter WISDOM?"

	Attended seminar		Did not attend seminar
	N = 378	%	N = 235	%
Reading the information that was sent to you
Not helpful	3	0.8	0	0
Somewhat helpful	55	14.6	22	9.4
Moderately helpful	142	37.6	77	32.8
Very helpful	134	35.4	96	40.9
Not applicable	18	4.8	8	3.4
Not specified	26	6.9	32	13.6
Attending the information evening
Not helpful	2	0.5
Somewhat helpful	11	2.9
Moderately helpful	77	20.4
Very helpful	259	68.5
Not applicable	13	3.4	155	66.0
Not specified	16	4.2	80	34.0
Seeing the trial nurse for the first time
Not helpful	9	2.4	5	2.1
Somewhat helpful	24	6.3	9	3.8
Moderately helpful	65	17.2	34	14.5
Very helpful	243	64.3	150	63.8
Not applicable	19	5.0	8	3.4
Not specified	18	4.8	29	12.3

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