Comparing research recruitment strategies to prospectively identify patients presenting with breathlessness in primary care.

ABSTRACT: Two recruitment strategies for research were compared to prospectively identify patients with breathlessness who are awaiting a diagnosis in primary care. The first method utilised searches of the electronic patient record (EPR), the second method involved an electronic template triggered during a consultation. Using an electronic template triggered at the point of consultation increased recruitment to prospective research approximately nine-fold compared with searching for symptom codes and study mailouts.

SUBMITTER: Doe G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9646257 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature