What does a good RCT recruitment consultation look like? A new simple six-step model to promote information sharing and recruitment to RCTs
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Results The pilot study was successful, with 70% of patients approached across 9 centres agreeing to take part in the RCT, and the full-scale trial has achieved 75% recruitment in 19 centres. A simple six-step model providing a framework for good recruitment practice was developed at the pilot phase and then validated, and tested in the main trial. . The model enabled recruiters to explain the design and conduct of the RCT and provide reassuring information for patients in the context of consultations very different from routine practice.
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A new simple six-step model to promote recruitment to RCTs was developed and successfully implemented
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