What influences communication about retention in randomised trials: a multi-trial, theory-based analysis exploring trial staff perspectives.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Retention (participants completing a trial) is a persistent, and often under-studied, challenge within clinical trials. Research on retention has focussed on understanding the actions of participants who decide to remain or withdraw from trial participation and developing interventions to target improvements. To better understand how trial staff may influence participants to remain or withdraw from trials, it is important to explore the experiences of staff that recruit and retain said participants and how the process of recruitment impacts retention.

Methods

Two qualitative interview studies informed by the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF) were conducted with staff involved in various stages of clinical trials. The first set of interviews were focussed on staf

SUBMITTER: Coffey T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9404662 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature