Management strategies for implementing a multicenter cross-sectional study: lessons from the ADHERE Brazil study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Epidemiological studies involving large samples usually face financial and operational challenges.

Objectives

To describe the planning and execution of ADHERE Brazil, an epidemiological study on 1,105 kidney transplant patients, and report on how the study was structured, difficulties faced and solutions found.

Design and setting

Cross-sectional multicenter study in 20 Brazilian kidney transplantation centers.

Methods

Actions developed in each phase of implementation were described, with emphasis on innovations used within the logistics of this study, aimed at estimating the prevalence of nonadherence to treatment.

Results

Coordination of activities was divided into four areas: general, regulatory, data collection and statistics. Weekly meetin

SUBMITTER: Marsicano-Souza EO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9671250 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature