If the patient indicated any complication during or following hospital discharge, or was unable to give adequate information, respectively, the interviewer contacted the treating physician or the hospital to obtain further information or the discharge letter.
In the clinic phase, 389 of the 1140 ICs (34%) agreed in clinic to receive further information and an invitation letter, and 192 (16.8%) returned signed consent, leading to 167 (14.6%) FDRs who consented and were aged 45 69 years at the time of their PSA test (Table 2).
Patients showing interest receive a letter with further information and are subsequently interviewed over telephone by the diabetes specialist nurse and asked a set of inclusion/exclusion questions.
Officials asked for "further information" after Turkey sent an initial letter requesting that Washington hand him over, which the Turkish justice minister said had now been supplied in a second letter.
The economic evaluation compared the costs of consumables (rental of AMPCo list, printing of surveys, letters, fax forms, further information fliers and reply-paid envelopes, mail-house processing costs, postage and data entry) across each mode of survey administration.
Women were informed of the trial, by letter, at booking, and provided with further information when attending for antenatal care.
The letter did not contain any further information about why the risk was elevated.
Patients will be further instructed about the study through a patient information letter.
Letters of invitation were subsequently sent to 1663 potentially eligible patients and 634 (38%) responded to this letter expressing a desire for further information about the study.
"On the warning letter, the case remains open and no further information can be provided at this time," Ms. El-Hinnawy said.
One week after the information letter we mailed the questionnaires together with further information, instructions and a stamped addressed envelope.
