HIV in East London: ethnicity, gender and risk. Design and methods

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Number of people attending the HIV outpatient clinics and participation in the East London project, 2004–2005

Hospital		Homerton		St Bartholomew's		Royal London		Newham		Whipp's Cross		Barking		Total
Data collection from:		26 May 04		16 Jun 04		29 Jun 04		13 Oct 04		29 Oct 04		10 Feb 05		26 May 04
Data collection till:		05 Nov 04		10 Nov 04		23 Dec 04		17 Feb 05		25 Feb 05		16 June 05		16 June 05
Patients attending the clinic		343		485		946		449		226		231		2680
Not seen by the researcher		67		41		31		42		30		21		232
Not eligible for the study		37		18		16		53		16		9		149
Reason	Too ill	13		14		2		4		5		4		42
	Language	19		2		9		30		9		2		71
	Newly diagnosed	5		2		5		19		2		3		36
Eligible for the study & invited to participate		239	100%	426	100%	899	100%	354	100%	180	100%	201	100%	2299	100%
Declined to participate		35	15%	26	6%	48	5%	31	9%	17	9%	14	7%	171	8%
Took questionnaire away		50	21%	88	21%	157	18%	95	27%	40	22%	11	5%	441	19%
but didn't return it
Completed a questionnaire		154	64%	312	73%	694	77%	228	64%	123	69%	176	88%	1687	73%
	Completed it in the clinic	107		247		514		189		102		162		1321
	Returned it by post	47		65		180		39		21		14		366

ISSN: 1471-2458