Developing lay summaries and thank you notes in paediatric pragmatic clinical trials.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Better transparency of research results and participant engagement may help address poor participant accrual in paediatric clinical research. We conducted formative research to assess the acceptability of lay summaries and thank you notes, as well as to refine and expand guidance on participant and family engagement in Pediatric Trials Network's (PTN) pragmatic paediatric clinical research.

Methods

Informed by draft PTN guidance, we conducted in-depth qualitative interviews with adolescent clinical trial participants and caregivers of paediatric participants in four trials conducted by PTN across eight sites. Participants were shown multiple versions of mock lay summaries and thank you notes and asked questions on their preferences for content and layout, and on

SUBMITTER: Zimmerman KO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9122399 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature