Offers of monetary incentives after data collection, defined as a promise of the incentive after return of outcome data through attendance for scheduled follow-up or receipt of follow-up questionnaires.
Offers of non-monetary incentives defined as a promise of the non-monetary incentive after return of outcome data through attendance for scheduled follow-up or receipt of follow-up questionnaires.
From this it can be seen that, unlike the deterministic approach which yields a single probability value, the stochastic model returns a range of outcomes - from 'low risk' events in which the probability of infection is small, to 'high risk' events in which the chance of contracting an infection is much greater.
If participants did not complete the online questionnaires after receiving reminders, they were mailed a paper copy of the BDI-II with a prepaid return envelope to maximize return of the primary outcome measure.
Secondary outcomes included return of spontaneous circulation and neurological outcome.
Analyses of secondary outcomes excluded cases with missing outcome information (the primary outcome, return of spontaneous circulation, was ascertained in all study subjects).
The characteristics of the included studies are shown in Tables 4, 5, 6. Outcomes: A, return of spontaneous circulation; B, survival of event; C, survival to hospital discharge; D, intact neurological survival; E, reduction in temperature.
Outcomes: Return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) for 20 minutes or longer and survival to hospital discharge with a CPC score of 1 or 2. Follow-up was completed in all resuscitated patients.
These data were retrospectively analysed with respect to the following outcomes: return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC), survival on hospital discharge (SOHD), cerebral performance criteria (CPC) (scale 1 5: 1, good and 5, coma) and survival after arrest (recorded on 1 December 2003).
There was no effect of gender on return of questionnaires, attendance or treatment outcomes, although, as with other studies, females are over-represented in the sample of patients being referred to weight management services [ 4, 13].
