Patients | n | For lost to follow-up: % of 143 patients |
---|---|---|
Baseline survey | 472 | – |
Follow-up survey | 329 | – |
Lost to follow-up | 143 | 100.0 |
Died | 15 | 10.5 |
Could not be reached: moved with no forwarding address obtainable (incl. to other countries), invalid phone/e-mail, or not answering at multiple contact attempts | 73 | 51.0 |
Patient reached and consented to follow-up, but did not return questionnaire | 19 | 13.3 |
Patient reached, but refused to participate | 36 | 25.2 |
Most frequent reasons stated: | ||
Language barrier | 12 | 8.4 |
Time constraints | 6 | 4.2 |
Health status | 6 | 4.2 |