AVERT2 (a very early rehabilitation trial, a very effective reproductive trigger): retrospective observational analysis of the number of babies born to trial staff.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To report the number of participants needed to recruit per baby born to trial staff during AVERT, a large international trial on acute stroke, and to describe trial management consequences.

Design

Retrospective observational analysis.

Setting

56 acute stroke hospitals in eight countries.

Participants

1074 trial physiotherapists, nurses, and other clinicians.

Outcome measures

Number of babies born during trial recruitment per trial participant recruited.

Results

With 198 site recruitment years and 2104 patients recruited during AVERT, 120 babies were born to trial staff. Births led to an estimated 10% loss in time to achieve recruitment. Parental leave was linked to six trial site closures. The number of participants needed to recruit per

SUBMITTER: Bernhardt J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4676118 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature