A prospective community engagement initiative to improve clinical research participation in patients with peripheral artery disease.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Patients diagnosed with peripheral artery disease are difficult to recruit into clinical trials. However, there is currently no high-quality, patient-centered information explaining why peripheral artery disease patients choose to participate or not participate in clinical research studies.

Methods

The current study was a prospective community engagement initiative that specifically asked patients with and without peripheral artery disease: (1) what motivates them to participate in clinical research studies, (2) their willingness to participate in different research procedures, (3) the barriers to participation, (4) preferences about study design, and (5) demographic and disease-related factors influencing participation. Data were gathered through focus groups (

SUBMITTER: Levenberg K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7294489 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature