Using qualitative methods in pilot and feasibility trials to inform recruitment and retention processes in full-scale randomised trials: a qualitative evidence synthesis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To systematically review published pretrial qualitative research studies and explore how their findings were used to inform recruitment and retention processes in full-scale trials.

Design

Qualitative evidence synthesis using thematic analysis.

Data sources and eligibility criteria

We conducted a comprehensive search of databases; Dissertation Abstracts International, CINAHL, Embase, MEDLINE, Sociological Abstracts and PsycINFO. We included all reports of pretrial qualitative data on recruitment and retention in clinical trials up to March 2018.

Data extraction and synthesis

Two authors independently extracted data using a predefined data extraction form that captured study aims, design, methodological approach and main findings, including barriers a

SUBMITTER: Elfeky A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9016401 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature