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Table 2 Questionnaire response rate within treatment groups by questionnaire time point

From: SMS text pre-notification and delivery of reminder e-mails to increase response rates to postal questionnaires in the SUSPEND trial: a factorial design, randomised controlled trial

Questionnaire time point

SMS text pre-notification n = 212

No pre-notification n = 206

E-mail reminder n = 60

Postal reminder n = 59

Four weeks: n/N

121/212

106/206

41/60

39/59

%

57 %

52 %

68 %

66 %

Adjusted odds ratio (95 % CI)

1.24 (0.84–1.82)a; P = 0.290

1.11 (0.51–2.40)b; P = 0.796

Twelve weeks: n/N

89/212

87/206

33/60

32/59

%

42 %

42 %

55 %

54 %

Adjusted odds ratio (95 % CI)

0.97 (0.66–1.44)a; P = 0.895

1.03 (0.49–2.15)b; P = 0.937

  1. Data are presented as number and percentages within each subcategory
  2. SMS short messenger service, CI confidence interval
  3. aAdjusted for age, sex, and reminder allocation
  4. bAdjusted for age, sex, and pre-notification allocation