Original Article

Recruitment and Early Retention of Women with Advanced Breast Cancer in a Complementary and Alternative Medicine Trial

Table 1

List of reasons given for refusal to participate.

Reason for refusal to participateN (%)

Too busy31 (25.20)
No reason27 (21.95)
Not interested22 (17.89)
Foot concerns10 (8.13)
Other17 (13.82)
Too sick6 (4.88)
Overwhelmed by prospect of research8 (6.50)
Do not like being interviewed2 (1.63)