Factors associated with recruitment to randomised controlled trials in general practice: a systematic mixed studies review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A common challenge for randomised controlled trials (RCTs) is recruiting enough participants to be adequately powered to answer the research question. Recruitment has been set as a priority research area in trials to improve recruitment and thereby reduce wasted resources in conducted trials that fail to recruit sufficiently.

Methods

We conducted a systematic mixed studies review to identify the factors associated with recruitment to RCTs in general practice. On September 8, 2020, English language studies were identified from MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and CENTRAL databases for published studies. NTIS and OpenGrey were searched for grey literature, and BMC Trials was hand searched. A narrative synthesis was conducted for qualitative s

SUBMITTER: Moffat KR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9903494 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature