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Table 3 Questionnaire response rate by sex and age following intervention

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

 

Four-week questionnaire

12-week questionnaire

 

SMS text pre-notification

No pre-notification

SMS text pre-notification

No pre-notification

Male: n/N

90/186

96/186

72/141

69/141

%

56 %

55 %

40 %

44 %

Adjusteda odds ratio (95 % CI)

1.05 (0.68–1.61); P = 0.842

0.85 (0.55–1.32); P = 0.475

Female: n/N

16/41

25/41

15/35

20/35

%

61 %

38 %

49 %

36 %

Adjusteda odds ratio (95 % CI)

2.58 (1.05–6.33); P = 0.038

1.72 (0.71–4.17); P = 0.232

≤40 years: n/N

43/96

53/96

33/69

36/69

%

54 %

43 %

37 %

33 %

Adjustedb odds ratio (95 % CI)

1.47 (0.83–2.56); P = 0.184

1.14 (0.63–2.05); P = 0.664

>40 years: n/N

63/131

68/131

54/107

53/107

%

60 %

59 %

47 %

51 %

Adjustedb odds ratio (95 % CI)

1.04 (0.61–1.79); P = 0.877

0.86 (0.51–1.46); P = 0.580

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