Of the 7,500 questionnaires that were initially mailed, 3,188 were undeliverable (often due to death or incapacitation).
A follow-up letter was faxed or mailed to those who did not initially respond.
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Outcomes were measured using a questionnaire mailed to patients three to four weeks after the initially documented consultation.
A primary approach letter was initially mailed, followed a week later by the questionnaire, and then by a reminder card and up to four follow-up mailings of the questionnaire to non-respondents in order to achieve a higher response rate [ 27].
This item was accidentally missing in the initially mailed questionnaires and was therefore only completed by the last 83 participants.
In the analysis of health transition only the last 83 patients were included because the item was accidentally missing in the initially mailed questionnaires.
This item was accidentally missing in the initially mailed questionnaires and was therefore only completed by the last 83 participants, 82 of whom had QuickDASH scores and could be included in the present analysis.
Of 376 practices initially mailed, 19652.1.1%) returned at least one questionnaire: 167 (85.2%) responding practices returned one questionnaire, 26 (13.3%) practices two, two practices (1.0%) three questionnaires and one practice (0.5%) five questionnaires.
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