The reform patient information sheet sub study - an embedded trial evaluating the enhancement of patient information sheets to improve recruitment
نویسندگان
چکیده
The reform patient information sheet sub study an embedded trial evaluating the enhancement of patient information sheets to improve recruitment Sarah Cockayne, Joy Adamson, Peter Bower, Belen Corbacho, Caroline Fairhurst, Lisa Farndon, Kate Hicks, Anne-Maree Keenan, Peter Knapp, Sally Lamb, Lorraine Loughrey, Caroline McIntosh, Hylton Menz, Anthony Redmond, Jo Rick, Sara Rodgers, Wesley Vernon, Jude Watson, David Torgerson
منابع مشابه
An optimised patient information sheet did not significantly increase recruitment or retention in a falls prevention study: an embedded randomised recruitment trial
BACKGROUND Randomised controlled trials are generally regarded as the 'gold standard' experimental design to determine the effectiveness of an intervention. Unfortunately, many trials either fail to recruit sufficient numbers of participants, or recruitment takes longer than anticipated. The current embedded trial evaluates the effectiveness of optimised patient information sheets on recruitmen...
متن کاملThe reform study: a case study of embedded trials
Evaluation of interventions to enhance recruitment or reduce attrition within randomised controlled trials is uncommon. A number of initiatives have tried to increase this evidence base by encouraging the embedding of such trials within trials evaluating healthcare interventions. The NIHR-funded REFORM study recruited and followed up participants by mailing out invitation packs and questionnair...
متن کاملتأثیر ارائهی برگههای اطلاعات بر آگاهی و رضایتمندی بیماران جراحی: یک کارآزمایی بالینی
One of the manifestations of patient autonomy in practice is gaining informed consent prior to any invasive procedure. In Iran, the process of obtaining informed consent to surgical procedures is currently limited to the patient signing a consent form that often does not offer specific information on the procedure, and patients are not given adequate time to read the form. In order to improve t...
متن کاملInvolving patients in optimising RCT participant information sheets and exploring patient acceptability of clinical trials
Pragmatic multi-centre RCTs are acknowledged to be the best design for evaluating the effectiveness of health care interventions as they provide robust evidence of effect, but they often encounter recruitment difficulties. Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs) in surgery require patients to accept uncertainty or equipoise between surgical and non-surgical treatments as well as to achieve a good u...
متن کاملImproving recruitment to a study of telehealth management for long-term conditions in primary care: two embedded, randomised controlled trials of optimised patient information materials
BACKGROUND Patient understanding of study information is fundamental to gaining informed consent to take part in a randomised controlled trial. In order to meet the requirements of research ethics committees, patient information materials can be long and need to communicate complex messages. There is concern that standard approaches to providing patient information may deter potential participa...
متن کامل