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Table 2 Main result: ITT-analyses of response rates

From: Pre-contact by telephone increases response rates to postal questionnaires in a population of stroke patients: an open ended randomized controlled trial

 

1. Outcome (45 day RR.)

2. Outcome (365 day RR.)

 

Resp

Non-Resp

Total

RR

Resp

Non-Resp

Total

RR

IG

45

60a

105

42.9 %

48

57

105

45.7 %

CG

30

82

112

26.8 %

32

80

112

28.6 %

Total

75

142

217b

 

80

137

217

 

Test

p

OR [95 % CI]:

ΔRR

p

OR [95 % CI]:

ΔRR

Mid-p

0.014

2.040 [1.157, 3.639]

16.1 %

0.009

2.095 [1.197,3.707]

17.1 %

Fisher’s

0.015

   

0.011

   

χ 2

0.013

   

0.009

   
  1. The table contains the 2x2-contingency tables w.r.t. 1. and 2. outcomes, with total figures for respondents (Resp) and non-respondents (Non-Resp) in the intervention- and control groups. Response rates (RR) for the two study arms are also provided. Below the contingency tables we report the OR with 95 % CI’s, the absolute difference in response rates (ΔRR), and the p-values from three standard 2-sided tests for effect provided by the oddsratio-function from the epitools-package for R (CI’s are computed w.r.t. the mid-p value)
  2. aIncludes the 5 respondents who were successfully contacted, but refused participation in the questionnaire study
  3. bOriginally 235 patients were included; 10 patients (7 from the IG and 3 from the CG) died before it was time to send them a questionnaire; 6 (3 in the IG and 3 in the CG) were discovered to be demented; 1 IG patient was discovered to have been mis-diagnosed with stroke, and one CG patient was discovered to have been mis-assessed as eligible. These 18 were excluded prior to analysis