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Table 4 Recruitment-, response- and retention-rates, measure completion

From: A feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial as a first step towards evaluating the effectiveness of a digital health dashboard in preventive child health care: a mixed methods approach

Recruitment rates

Percentage (number included participants/ number invited to participate)

CHC*-professionals

20% (39/192)

Parents

55% (30/55)

Response rates

Percentage (number returned/ number sent questionnaires)

Baseline measurements:

 - CHC*-professionals

97 % (38/39) (regarding their own characteristics)

 

100% (30/30) (child’s level of functioning/experienced problems)

 - Parents

96% (28/30)

Outcome measurements by parents

93% (26/28)

Missing values

Percentage

Baseline measurements:

 - CHC*-professionals

0.2% (regarding their own characteristics)

 

5% (child’s level of functioning/experienced problems)

 - parents

0.3%

 Outcome measurements by parents

2%

Retention rate

Percentage (number of participants finishing RCT/number of included participants)

- CHC*-professionals

44% (17/39) (regarding total group)

 

94% (17/18) (regarding subgroup of professionals who included parents)

- parents

87% (26/30)

  1. *CHC: preventive Child Health Care