Attrition Classification and Interviews
posttraumatic stress disorder, PTSD, TBI, traumatic brain injury
RECRUITMENT
Baseline dyad attrition occurred in 2 stages of the process to activate in the study protocol (see Qualitative data regarding reasons for attrition were gathered from a convenience sample of 10 veterans who passively withdrew or were LTFU. Actively withdrawn participants were not considered for qualitative interviews due to their request not to participate in this study. Participants were contacted via telephone and invited to engage in a brief attrition interview. With participants’ permission, interviews were audio-recorded and professionally transcribed. An interview guide (see Mission Reconnect recruitment flow diagram. MR: Mission Reconnect; NOPP: notice of privacy practices; PTSD: posttraumatic stress disorder; TBI: traumatic brain injury.