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Table 1 Percentage EPIC-26 answered and returned electronically by 8th, 10th and 22nd day since email sent, and relative percentage increase in return from 8 to 10th day

From: Quantifying the effect email reminders have on patient reported outcome measure returns in a large prostate cancer registry

 

N (column %)

Cumulative % returned 8th day

Cumulative % returned 10th day

Cumulative % returned 22nd day

Relative percentage increase in return from 8 to 10th day

Overall

5065

69.9

76.4

88

9.3

Day of the week first email sent

Monday

669 (13.2)

69.5

78.3

88.3

12.7

Tuesday

826 (16.3)

68.2

74

86.4

8.5

Wednesday

920 (18.2)

68.2

75.4

88.3

10.7

Thursday

852 (16.8)

71.1

76.6

88

7.8

Friday

848 (16.7)

70.5

75.2

87.4

6.7

Saturday

950 (18.8)

71.9

79.2

89.3

10.1

Age group

 < 55

326 (6.4)

68.4

72.7

83.4

6.3

55 – 64

1472 (29.1)

69.3

76

88.6

9.7

65 – 74

2396 (47.3)

71

77.4

88.8

9

 ≥ 75

871 (17.2)

68.7

76

86.3

10.7

SES quartile*

1st (most disadvantaged)

774 (15.3)

70.9

76.2

87.3

7.5

2nd

1008 (19.9)

67.6

74.9

87.3

10.9

3rd

1148 (22.7)

71.1

76.3

88.1

7.4

4th (most advantaged)

2123 (42.0)

70.1

77.4

88.5

10.3

  1. *12 missing SES. NB it is an expected result that more incident cases of prostate cancer are from men resident in socioeconomically advantaged areas