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Table 2 Results of the analysis comparing the treatment groups on the primary and secondary outcomes

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

Results

Questionnaire completed in the follow-up window?

Yes

34 (68%)

39 (78%)

73 (73%)

aOR (95% CI) = 1.49 (0.56, 4.09)

aRD (95% CI) = 7.1% (−10.2%, 24.4%)

No

12 (24%)

9 (19%)

21 (21%)

Withdrew prior to follow-up

4 (8%)

2 (4%)

6 (6%)

Time to response (days)

n

32

39

71

aHR (95% CI) = 0.94 (0.58, 1.52)

Mean (SD)

3.2 (2.7)

3.4 (4.7)

3.3 (3.9)

Median (IQR)

2.0 (2.0, 3.0)

2.0 (2.0, 3.0)

2.0 (2.0, 3.0)

Number of contact attempts

n

36

41

77

aIRR (95% CI) = 0.87 (0.6, 1.26)

Mean (SD)

1.6 (1.0)

1.4 (0.8)

1.5 (0.9)

Median (IQR)

1.0 (1.0, 2.0)

1.0 (1.0, 2.0)

1 (1.0, 2.0)

  1. aOR adjusted odds ratio, aRD adjusted risk difference, aHR adjusted hazard ratio, aIRR adjusted incidence rate ratio, CI confidence interval, SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range