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Table 2 Participant characteristics in the trial phase

From: Can user testing of a clinical trial patient information sheet make it fit-for-purpose? - a randomized controlled trial

 

Original PISa

Revised PIS

Original PIS

Revised PIS

Sex

19 m/43 f

23 m/38 f

18 m/37 f

23 m/38 f

Age

Mean 63.9 years (IQRb 58-65)

Mean 65.7 years (IQR 62-68)

Mean 64.1 years (IQR 58-66)

Mean 65.7 years (IQR 62-68)

Highest educational attainment (1 = completed by 16;

2 = by 18 or equivalent;

3 = graduate)

1 = 31

2 = 18

3 = 3

1 = 31

2 = 13

3 = 17

1 = 26

2 = 17

3 = 12

1 = 31

2 = 13

3 = 17

 

n = 62

n = 61

n = 55

n = 61

  1. Randomized (n = 123); interviewed (n = 116)
  2. aPIS, patient information sheet;bIQR, Inter-quartile range,