Improving recruitment of older people to research through good practice

Age and Ageing

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 659-665

  McMurdo, Marion E T ^a   Roberts, Helen ^b   Parker, Stuart ^c   Wyatt, Nikki ^d   May, Helen ^d   Goodman, Claire ^e   Jackson, Stephen ^f   Gladman, John ^g   O'Mahony, Sinead ^h   Ali, Khalid ⁱ   Dickinson, Edward ^j   Edison, Paul ^j   Dyer, Chris ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^f KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ PRINCESS ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^j IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^k ROYAL UNITED HOSPITALS BATH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Clinical trials; Efficiency; Elderly; Older; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; ETHNIC GROUP; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; GERIATRIC REHABILITATION; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; OLDER PEOPLE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PLANNING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RESEARCH RECRUITMENT; REVIEW; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 80054910011     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afr115     Document Type: Review

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