Table 1 Reasons for non-participations using on-site and routine care letters recruitment strategies
From: Recruitment challenges in clinical research including cancer patients and caregivers
On-site recruitment by the researcher | Routine care letters strategy | Total | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Lack of interest | 292 | 64 | 356 | 36.0 |
Interested, but wanted to think about it and contact the researcher later | 284 | 51 | 335 | 33.8 |
Did not feel the need | 106 | 24 | 130 | 13.1 |
Interested, but did not return the consent form | 74 | 31 | 105 | 10.6 |
Too sick | 24 | 18 | 42 | 4.3 |
Had no caregiver | 6 | 4 | 10 | 1.0 |
Did not want to participate in research projects | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0.7 |
Caregiver did not want to participate | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.5 |
Total | 796 | 194 | 990 | 100 |