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Table 5 Summary of participant recruitment, enrolment, and retention

From: Design and evaluation of the “Feel Good” feasibility study – a multi-component fruit and vegetable intervention in children measuring cognitive and mental health outcomes

 

Total

Intervention

Control

High socioeconomic status

Lower socioeconomic status

High socioeconomic status

Lower socioeconomic status

Class size

90

25

25

20

20

Recruitment

 Parent/caregiver EOI

74 (82)

23 (92)

19 (76)

20 (100)

12 (60)

 Parent/caregiver consent

71 (79)

23 (92)

16 (64)

20 (100)

12 (60)

 Child assent

77 (86)

23 (92)

19 (76)

20 (100)

15 (75)

 Non-participation

2 (2)

0 (0)

2 (8)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Enrolled

71 (79)

23 (92)

16 (64)

20 (100)

12 (60)

Retention

 Withdrawals

1 (1)

1 (4)a

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Lost to follow-upb

7 (10)

0 (0)

3 (19)

3 (15)

1 (8)

 Completion rate

63 (89)

22 (96)

13 (81)

17 (85)

11 (92)

  1. Values are displayed as n (%), referring to the proportion of eligible students from the classroom (recruitment), or proportion of enrolled participants (retention)
  2. aParticipant moved schools after enrolment, but before data collection started
  3. bRefers to children who did not complete data collection (questionnaires) at follow-up