Factors related to respondents feeling that participation was “definitely worthwhile”
| Characteristic* | No† | Definitely worthwhile (%) | p Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| *Factors not related to outcome: age of respondent, witness to injury, caretaker of victim at time of event, relationship of respondent to victim, interval between hospital visit and interview, income, injury severity (hospitalized v emergency department), intentionality of injury. | |||
| †Includes data for the 1349 respondents with a coded response to the question about whether the interview was worthwhile; totals for each characteristic do not add up to 1349 due to missing data. | |||
| Location of injury | |||
| Public non-commercial | 100 | 53.0 | 0.01 |
| Residential and other | 1166 | 65.3 | |
| External cause of injury | |||
| Poisoning | 82 | 78.1 | 0.01 |
| All other causes | 1203 | 63.3 | |
| Response of anger to interview | |||
| “A lot” or “A little” | 103 | 37.9 | <0.01 |
| “Not at all” | 1166 | 66.7 | |