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Table 3 Odds ratios comparing uptake in intervention and control conditions

From: Pre-notification and reminder SMS text messages with behaviourally informed invitation letters to improve uptake of NHS Health Checks: a factorial randomised controlled trial

Pre-notification

Letter

Reminder

Total patients

Uptake (n)

Uptake proportion

Odds ratio

95% Confidence Interval.

No

control

no

814

148

0.18

1.00

  

No

open-ended

no

724

167

0.23

1.35

1.05

1.73

No

time-limited

no

747

158

0.21

1.21

0.94

1.55

No

social norms

no

800

159

0.20

1.12

0.87

1.43

No

control

yes

885

210

0.24

1.40

1.11

1.77

No

open-ended

yes

692

194

0.28

1.75

1.37

2.24

No

time-limited

yes

754

203

0.27

1.66

1.30

2.11

No

social norms

yes

723

176

0.24

1.45

1.13

1.85

Yes

control

no

783

168

0.21

1.23

0.96

1.57

Yes

open-ended

no

765

204

0.27

1.64

1.29

2.08

Yes

time-limited

no

761

197

0.26

1.57

1.24

2.00

Yes

social norms

no

754

179

0.24

1.40

1.10

1.79

Yes

control

yes

803

192

0.24

1.41

1.11

1.80

Yes

open-ended

yes

727

179

0.25

1.47

1.15

1.88

Yes

time-limited

yes

734

220

0.30

1.93

1.52

2.44

Yes

social norms

yes

778

190

0.24

1.45

1.14

1.85

  1. Reference category: control letter with no pre-notification or reminder