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

Table 3

Reasons provided by participants for dropping out of The CAM in Pregnancy Trial.

Reflexology dropouts ()	Footbath dropouts ()	Usual care dropouts ()
1: preeclampsia; 1: travel issues; 2: no longer have pain; 1: verruca; 1: unknown	1: preeclampsia; 3: work commitments; 3: unhappy with treatment allocation (wanted reflexology); 1: travel issues; 1: personal reasons; 1: feeling too tired; 5: unknown	1: preeclampsia; 1: unhappy with treatment allocation (wanted reflexology); 3: unknown