Factors Affecting Recruitment and Attrition in Randomised Controlled Trials of Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Pregnancy-Related Issues

Table 2

Reasons provided for declining invitation to participate in The CAM in Pregnancy Trial at the point of recruitment.

Reason	Number of women ()
Not interested in taking part in research	21 (57%)
Concerned about using CAM in pregnancy	8 (22%)
Disliking having feet touched	4 (11%)
Travel issues	2 (5%)
Pain so bad and inability to make weekly appointments for the study	2 (5%)