Describing the content of trial recruitment interventions using the TIDieR reporting checklist: a systematic methodology review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recruiting participants to clinical trials is an ongoing challenge, and relatively little is known about what recruitment strategies lead to better recruitment. Recruitment interventions can be considered complex interventions, often involving multiple components, targeting a variety of groups, and tailoring to different groups. We used the Template for Intervention Description and Replication (TIDieR) reporting checklist (which comprises 12 items recommended for reporting complex interventions) to guide the assessment of how recruitment interventions are described. We aimed to (1) examine to what extent we could identify information about each TIDieR item within recruitment intervention studies, and (2) observe additional detail for each item to describe useful variatio

SUBMITTER: Hudek N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11000410 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature