Effect of telephone follow-up on retention and balance in an alcohol intervention trial

•Telephone follow-up was associated with a 20% increase in retention of participants.•Younger age and heavier drinking predicted retention by telephone.•Providing a mobile/cell number also predicted retention by telephone.•Balance between the randomly allocated groups was not affected by telephone f...

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Main Authors: Johnson, Natalie A., Kypri, Kypros, Latter, Joanna, McElduff, Patrick, Attia, John, Saitz, Richard, Saunders, John B., Wolfenden, Luke, Dunlop, Adrian, Doran, Christopher, McCambridge, Jim
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4721312/