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Table 6 Participant recruitment by recruitment method

From: Lessons learned from recruiting socioeconomically disadvantaged smokers into a pilot randomized controlled trial to explore the role of Exercise Assisted Reduction then Stop (EARS) smoking

Recruitment method

N = 99, n (%)

% of target

Primary care

62 (62.6)

62/60 (103.3%)

Letter only

31 (31.3)

 

Letter plus reminder telephone calls

31 (31.3)

 

Stop Smoking Services

31 (31.3)

31/30 (103.3%)

Letter only

24 (24.2)

 

Letter plus reminder telephone calls

7 (7.1)

 

Community (without invitation letter)

6 (6.1)

6/30 (20.0%)