Table 4 |
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Recruitment in the Clinical Feasibility Trial of Craniosacral Therapy (CST) as of January, 2008 |
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N |
Percent |
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Inquiries about study |
226 |
|
|
Never reached |
45 |
20.0 |
|
Declined/deferred screening |
12 |
7.1 |
|
Screened |
169 |
74.9 |
|
Eligible, but declined |
28 |
16.6 |
|
Ineligible |
60 |
35.5 |
|
Headache characteristics |
26 |
43.3 |
|
Psychiatric diagnoses |
9 |
15.0 |
|
Hormonal issues |
9 |
15.0 |
|
Other |
16 |
26.7 |
|
Scheduled for consent |
81 |
47.9 |
|
Referral pattern |
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Health professionals* |
28 |
16.6 |
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Friends/family |
28 |
16.6 |
|
Email advertisements† |
46 |
27.2 |
|
Local print advertisements§ |
28 |
16.6 |
|
Flyers/brochures# |
14 |
8.3 |
|
Recruitment letter** |
6 |
3.6 |
|
UNC Website |
1 |
0.6 |
|
Unknown |
18 |
10.6 |
|
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* Health professionals that referred patients to the study included neurologists, family physicians, and nurses. † The university allows researchers to recruit subjects through an all-campus email message. The message goes out to students, faculty, and staff. § Print media included health-related publications and local English and Spanish-language newspapers # Flyers and brochures were posted in physician's offices and clinics. ** A letter introducing the study was sent to 1000 adult patients who had been seen in the Family Medicine Center in the past 3 months. |
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Mann et al. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2008 8:28 doi:10.1186/1472-6882-8-28 |
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