Reasons for unsuccessful recruitment of children with atopic dermatitis in primary care in the Netherlands to a cohort study with an embedded pragmatic, randomised controlled open-label trial: a survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Rotterdam Eczema Study was an observational cohort study with an embedded pragmatic randomised controlled open-label trial. It was conducted in children with atopic dermatitis (AD) in the Dutch primary care system. The objective of the trial was to determine whether a potent topical corticosteroid (TCS) is more effective than a low-potency TCS.

Objective

We are aiming to communicate transparently about the poor recruitment for the trial part and to explore the reasons why recruitment was weak.

Design

We used a survey to find out what patients in the cohort did when they experienced a flare-up.

Methods

Descriptive statistics were used to present the baseline characteristics of participants in the trial and the results of the survey.

Results

SUBMITTER: van Halewijn KF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11097857 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature