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Table 2 Timing of recruitment and data collection by data collection type

From: Partnering with healthcare facilities to understand psychosocial distress screening practices among cancer survivors: pilot study implications for study design, recruitment, and data collection

Phase of Study

Remote Access (n = 6)

Facility Extraction/Abstraction (n = 3)

Overall (n = 9)

Mean (days)

Median (days)

Range (days)

Mean (days)

Median (days)

Range (days)

Mean (days)

Median (days)

Range (days)

Recruitment: Recruitment email to IRB/BAA received

104

81

51–247

77

77

73–81

95

77

51–247

Data collection: IRB/BAA received to quantitative data collection complete

127

146

42–188

253

197

183–378

169

170

42–378

 IRB/BAA received to Phase 1a data collection complete

28

17

6–89

43

38

23–67

33

23

6–89

 Phase 2b and all quantitative data collection complete

100

101

36–167

210

160

159–311

136

145

36–311

Both recruitment and data collection

231

223

129–401

330

278

260–451

264

260

129–451

  1. aPhase 1: extraction from cancer registry (cancer diagnosis and demographics data)
  2. bPhase 2: medical record abstraction (DS and other relevant patient health data)
  3. IRB Institutional Review Board, BAA Business Associate Agreement