Craniosacral therapy for migraine: Protocol development for an exploratory controlled clinical trial

Table 4 Recruitment in the Clinical Feasibility Trial of Craniosacral Therapy (CST) as of January, 2008

	N	Percent
Inquiries about study	226
Never reached	45	20.0
Declined/deferred screening	12	7.1
Screened	169	74.9
Eligible, but declined	28	16.6
Ineligible	60	35.5
Headache characteristics	26	43.3
Psychiatric diagnoses	9	15.0
Hormonal issues	9	15.0
Other	16	26.7
Scheduled for consent	81	47.9
Referral pattern
Health professionals*	28	16.6
Friends/family	28	16.6
Email advertisements†	46	27.2
Local print advertisements§	28	16.6
Flyers/brochures#	14	8.3
Recruitment letter**	6	3.6
UNC Website	1	0.6
Unknown	18	10.6

* Health professionals that referred patients to the study included neurologists, family physicians, and nurses.
† The university allows researchers to recruit subjects through an all-campus email message. The message goes out to students, faculty, and staff.
§ Print media included health-related publications and local English and Spanish-language newspapers
# Flyers and brochures were posted in physician's offices and clinics.
** A letter introducing the study was sent to 1000 adult patients who had been seen in the Family Medicine Center in the past 3 months.

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