Women's reasons for participation in a clinical trial for menstrual pain: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of the study was to explore women's motivations for participating in a clinical trial and to evaluate how financial compensation impacts women's explanations for participation.

Design, setting and participants

Semistructured interviews were conducted face to face or by telephone with 25 of 220 women who participated in a pragmatic randomised trial for app-administered self-care acupressure for dysmenorrhoea (AKUD). Of these 25 women, 10 had entered AKUD knowing they would receive a financial compensation of €30. A purposive sampling strategy was used.

Results

Women had a long history of seeking help and were unsatisfied with the options available, namely painkillers and oral contraceptives. While interviewees were open to painkillers, they were unea

SUBMITTER: Blodt S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5168611 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature