Fluctuating Health

Participants’ health status and emotional response to diagnosis influenced completion of outcome data collection. Worsening symptoms could reduce participants’ capacity to complete follow-up assessments. Health improvement could also reduc…

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Participants’ health status and emotional response to diagnosis influenced completion of outcome data collection. Worsening symptoms could reduce participants’ capacity to complete follow-up assessments. Health improvement could also reduce engagement when participants believed they no longer needed to continue. Trial materials or questionnaires could make illness feel more confronting for some participants.