Recruiting general practitioners and older patients with multimorbidity to randomized trials.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Older patients with multimorbidity are under-represented in experimental research.

Objective

To explore the barriers and facilitators to general practitioner (GP) and older patient recruitment and retention in a cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT).

Method

This descriptive study uses qualitative and quantitative data from a cluster RCT, designed to evaluate the effectiveness of a medicines optimization intervention. The SPPiRE cluster RCT enrolled 51 general practices and 404 patients aged ≥65 years and prescribed ≥15 medicines. Quantitative data were collected from all recruited practices and 32 additional practices who were enrolled, but unable to recruit sufficient participants. Qualitative data were collected from purposive samples of intervention

SUBMITTER: McCarthy C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10745264 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature