Shared decision-making and behaviour change collide: an analysis of consultations discussing clinical trial recruitment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recruitment to clinical trials is often challenging, and evidence on effective recruitment strategies remains limited. Framing trial recruitment as a behaviour, amenable to change, enables the application of behavioural science frameworks to better understand and potentially improve recruitment processes. Since trial participation is also a preference-sensitive decision, shared decision-making (SDM) may further enhance ethical recruitment. The present study aimed to explore how behavioural taxonomies and SDM frameworks can be applied to recruitment consultations to identify behaviour change techniques (BCTs) and assess the extent of SDM.

Methods

A secondary analysis was conducted on 53 audio-recorded consultations; consultations from 3 trials in oncology and gastr

SUBMITTER: Stephen A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12642203 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature