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Table 1 Recruitment and drop-outs of potentially eligible patients

From: Early posttraumatic stress symptoms and levels of distress in trauma patients treated in the resuscitation room: an exploratory study

Recruitment and drop-out reason

Eligible patients

n (%)

Discharged

71

(39.2)

Transferred to other hospital units

19

(10.5)

Intensive medical care

14

(7.7)

Unreachablea

14

(7.7)

Deceased

7

(3.9)

Not interested in survey

5

(2.8)

Language problems

4

(2.2)

Clouding consciousness

2

(1.1)

Enrolled patients

45

(24.9)

  1. Note. N = 181 a: Patients could not be reached (were not in the room) in spite of three recruitment attempts