Table 2 Characteristics of randomized participants by recruitment strategya
From: Effective recruitment strategies in an exercise trial for patients with fibromyalgia
Recruitment strategy | Age, years | Female (%) | Race (%) | Duration of pain, years | Body mass index, kg/m2 | Education level (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
White | Black | Others | High school | College | Graduate school | |||||
Newspaper advertisement (n = 113)b | 52.2 ± 11.9 | 92.0 | 54.0 | 28.3 | 17.7 | 8.9 ± 7.1 | 29.8 ± 6.4 | 22.1 | 61.1 | 16.8 |
Clinical referral (n = 32) | 50.5 ± 12.8 | 100.0 | 68.8 | 21.9 | 6.3 | 7.4 ± 7.8 | 31.9 ± 6.7 | 25.0 | 59.4 | 12.5 |
Patient database (n = 30) | 53.7 ± 12.0 | 93.2 | 93.3 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 11.4 ± 8.0 | 30.8 ± 8.2 | 13.3 | 56.7 | 30.0 |
Flyer (n = 19) | 49.7 ± 13.0 | 79.0 | 52.6 | 15.8 | 31.6 | 7.3 ± 6.6 | 28.8 ± 5.2 | 21.1 | 63.2 | 15.8 |
Web advertisement (n = 16) | 47.7 ± 14.0 | 93.8 | 50.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 7.8 ± 10.5 | 27.2 ± 5.9 | 6.7 | 60.0 | 33.3 |
Word of mouth (n = 3) | 45.0 ± 6.0 | 100.0 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 10.3 ± 0.6 | 30.9 ± 6.6 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 33.3 |
Unknown (n = 13) | 54.2 ± 11.0 | 92.3 | 61.5 | 23.1 | 15.4 | 7.1 ± 6.1 | 31.0 ± 8.3 | 0.0 | 69.2 | 30.8 |