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Table 1 Eligibility criteria classification categories based on content

From: The value of structured data elements from electronic health records for identifying subjects for primary care clinical trials

Category

Example

Addictive behaviora

NOT (Suspected abuse of alcohol or other drug)

Addressa

Residents of selected deprived neighborhoods in the city of Sheffield

Agea

Aged greater than 40 years

Allergya

NOT (Subjects with known hypersensitivity to sulfonamides)

Cancera

NOT (Patients with lung cancer)

Capacitya

Dependence in functional activities of daily living requiring assistance

Compliance with protocola

Able to comply with the intervention and all study procedures

Consenta

Consent to participate in the trial

Devicea

NOT (metal implants)

Diagnostic or lab resultsa

Patients must have a measured post-albuterol/salbutamol FEV1/FVC ratio of <0.70 at Screening

Disease stagea

NOT (with stage 0 or IV prolapse)

Disease, symptom and signa

Newly diagnosed depression

Enrollment in other studiesa

NOT (Patients currently in, or have been in another clinical trial in the previous 3 months)

Gendera

Males

Life expectancya

Life expectancy must be at least 5 years

Literacy or spoken languagea

Be able to communicate in English sufficiently to complete questionnaires

Medicationa

On maximum dose of oral anti-diabetic drugs

Organ or tissue statusa

NOT (Organic brain damage)

Patient preferencea

Wish to participate

Pregnancy conditionsa

Pregnancy 8–18 weeks

Receptor statusa

Hormone receptor status not specified

Special patient characteristicsa

Owner of mobile phone

Therapy or procedurea

All patients undergoing an elective primary total knee arthroplasty for osteoarthritis

Practice Geographic location

NHS general practices within a 50 mile radius of Manchester and Nottingham in England

Practice/practitioner specialty

NOT (under the care of the specialist mental health team)

Practitioner preference

Locality specialist who will support the participation of the practice and the implementation of standard guidelines across the participating practices.

Caregiver attribute

CARERS: Fluent in English

  1. aCategories were also used by Weng et al.