Table 3 Adherence and outcome evaluation attendance by recruitment strategy
From: Effective recruitment strategies in an exercise trial for patients with fibromyalgia
Recruitment strategy | Adherence ratea (mean ± SD) | Never attended outcome evaluationb (%) | Attendance rate (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12-week evaluation | 24-week evaluation | 52-week evaluation | |||
Newspaper advertisement (n = 113)c | 52.7 ± 32.9 | 8.0 | 81.4 | 77 | 68.1 |
Clinical referral (n = 32) | 50.5 ± 32.1 | 6.3 | 78.1 | 78.1 | 65.6 |
Patient database (n = 30) | 59.2 ± 29.7 | 6.7 | 76.7 | 80.0 | 73.3 |
Flyers (n = 19) | 59.1 ± 23.8 | 5.3 | 84.2 | 84.2 | 84.2 |
Web advertisement (n = 16) | 65.9 ± 27.2 | 12.5 | 75 | 81.3 | 56.3 |
Word of mouth (n = 3) | 49.4 ± 31.0 | 0.0 | 100 | 100 | 66.7 |
Unknown (n = 13) | 59.1 ± 28.4 | 7.7 | 92.3 | 92.3 | 84.6 |