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Impact of Educational Level on Study Attrition and Evaluation of Web-Based Computer-Tailored Interventions: Results From Seven Randomized Controlled Trials.

Dominique Alexandra ReinwandRik CrutzenIman ElfeddaliFrancine SchneiderDaniela Nadine SchulzEline Suzanne SmitNicola Esther StanczykHuibert Johannes TangeViola Voncken-BrewsterMichel Jean Louis WalthouwerCiska HovingHein de Vries
Published in: Journal of medical Internet research (2015)
Dropout attrition rates were higher among participants with a lower or middle educational level compared with highly educated participants. Although lower educated participants evaluated the interventions better in approximately half of the studies, evaluation did not predict dropout attrition. Further research is needed to find other explanations for high dropout rates among lower educated participants.
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