Letters were sent to 176 GPs and as a consequence letters inviting a telephone call were sent to 100 patients; in six cases we were asked not to contact patients.
The team contacted all existing M@NGO subjects who were eligible for QF2011 first by e-mail, then by cell phone (text message), then by telephone inviting them to also participate in the new flood study.
We were there only a few minutes before Richard was on the telephone inviting over his Labour Party friends to meet "the Americans". Then, with no fuss or bother or even a rattling of pans, scones and pikelets appeared on the table, along with Betty's homemade jams and a pot of hot tea.
Trained interviewers then contacted respondents by telephone, inviting them to schedule an interview time.
Patients who express an interest at the clinic, or who are sent a study information letter, will be contacted by telephone inviting participation (if no exclusion criteria).
These individuals were mailed a study information sheet about the trial, and a letter inviting them to telephone the research centre should they wish to attend the research clinic.
All patients identified from the GP practices and Physio Direct are mailed a letter inviting them to telephone for an appointment at the Community Back Pain Clinic, along with a patient information leaflet about the Trial and a baseline questionnaire.
Referrals will be faxed to the research centre and a letter will be sent to the patient inviting them to telephone the clinic administrator to make an appointment for the clinic as described above.
Some of the respondents criticized a rather confrontational approach of directly inviting people via telephone or mail; at the same a more indirect approach (for example advertisements) also came in for some criticism.
This information was downloaded weekly and patients were sent a letter from their primary care practice, along with information about the ATLAS research study, inviting them to telephone the research clinic administrator to find out more about the study and make an appointment at the clinic (for full details of the recruitment and consent procedures see the study protocol [ 9]).
Because Ms. Yoon's parents wanted her buried as soon as possible in accordance with Korean custom, administrators quickly circulated a telephone message inviting students to Ms. Yoon's memorial service, where members of a Christian a capella group Ms. Yoon had belonged to sang two of her favorite hymns.
