Using evidence when planning for trial recruitment: An international perspective from time-poor trialists.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Recruiting participants to trials is challenging. To date, research has focussed on improving recruitment once the trial is underway, rather than planning strategies to support it, e.g. developing trial information leaflets together with people like those to be recruited. We explored whether people involved with participant recruitment have explicit planning strategies; if so, how these are developed, and if not, what prevents effective planning.

Methods

Design: Individual qualitative semi-structured interviews. Data were analysed using a Framework approach, and themes linked through comparison of data within and across stakeholder groups. Participants: 23 international trialists (UK, Canada, South Africa, Italy, the Netherlands); 11 self-identifying as 'Designe

SUBMITTER: Gardner HR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6903711 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature