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Table 3 Sources of trial recruitment and relative contributions

From: Mindfulness-based stress reduction for people with multiple sclerosis – a feasibility randomised controlled trial

Source of engagement/ recruitment

Numbers known to have been approached

Numbers (known) expressing interest

Numbers recruited into trial (n/50)

Percentage of recruitment overall

MS Specialist Nurses

75

52

34

68%

MS Revive Nurse

6

6

6

12%

Integrative Medicine Specialists

9

9

5

10%

General practitioners

11

11

5

10%

Via MS Society advertisement

Freely available online

2

0

0%

Via University web (Twitter/ Facebook)

Freely available online

0

0

0%

Via protocol (clinical trials.gov)

Freely available online

5

0

0%

Total

101(+)

85

50

N/A