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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the SWAT participants

From: Personalised versus standard text message prompts for increasing trial participant response to telephone follow-up: an embedded randomised controlled retention trial

  

Standard text message

N = 50

Personalised text message

N = 50

Total

N = 100

Age (years)

Mean (SD)

37.5 (8.2)

38.5 (7.3)

38.0 (7.8)

Median (IQR)

36.5 (31.0, 42.0)

38.0 (33.2, 41.8)

37.5 (32.0, 42.0)

Sex

Male

8 (16%)

5 (10%)

13 (13%)

Female

42 (84%)

45 (90%)

87 (87%)

Relationship to the child

Biological parent (mother)

41 (82%)

43 (86%)

84 (84%)

Biological parent (father)

7 (14%)

6 (12%)

13 (13%)

Grandparent

1 (2%)

1 (2%)

2 (2%)

Adoptive parent

1 (2%)

0 (0%)

1 (1%)