Attrition Revisited: Adherence and Retention in a Web-Based Alcohol Trial

BackgroundAttrition is a noted feature of eHealth interventions and trials. In 2005, Eysenbach published a landmark paper calling for a “science of attrition,” suggesting that the 2 forms of attrition—nonusage attrition (low adherence to the intervention) and dropout attrition (poor retention to fol...

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Main Authors: Murray, Elizabeth, White, Ian R, Varagunam, Mira, Godfrey, Christine, Khadjesari, Zarnie, McCambridge, Jim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JMIR Publications 2013-08-01
Series:Journal of Medical Internet Research
Online Access:http://www.jmir.org/2013/8/e162/