Women receive the same PCC regardless of participation in the study; participation requires the participant to partake in data collection (questionnaires and laboratory tests) parallel to the care she receives.
It is pointed out to the participants that the study participation is voluntary and that they may refuse to participate or to discontinue participation at any time without disadvantages or loss of benefits.
Overall, 95 EDs participated in the study (participation rate, 78%).
In total, 95 EDs (28%) of Canadian rural EDs participated in the study (participation rate=78%).
Of those invited, 2445 persons aged 10 65 years participated in the study (participation rate: 62.8%).
Of the 6,299 identified cases, 5,042 provided written, informed consent and participated in the study (participation rate: 80.0%).
Of these, 96 participated in the study participation rate 92.3%: 59.4% (57) nurses and 40.6% (39) physicians.
After being given a detailed explanation, 667 children/parents of 1,000 gave informed consent to participate in the study (participation rate, 66.7%).
A total of 2350 people agreed to participate in the study (participation rate: 18.9%), including 1393 women (59.3%) and 957 men (40.7%).
Nine subjects from the lowest quartile (4 males, 5 females) and fifteen from the highest quartile (5 males, 10 females) consented to participate in the study (participation rate of 32%).
A total of 1,181 BCC, 833 SCC, and 1,066 controls participated in the study (participation in series 1: 82% of cases and 69% of controls; participation in series 2: 81% of cases and 76% of controls).
