SWAT 1: What effects do site visits by the principal investigator have on recruitment in a multicentre randomized trial?

Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 136-137

  Smith, Valerie ^a   Clarke, Mike ^b   Devane, Declan ^c   Begley, Cecily ^a   Shorter, Gillian ^d   Maguire, Lisa ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multicentre randomized trial; Recruitment; Study within a trial (SWAT)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL CARE;

MULTICENTRE RANDOMIZED TRIAL; RECRUITMENT; STUDY WITHIN A TRIAL (SWAT);

HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH PERSONNEL;

EID: 84883036299     PISSN: 17565383     EISSN: 17565391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jebm.12049     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. Anon. Education section-Studies Within A Trial (SWAT). Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine 2012; 5(1): 44-5
2. Treweek S, Mitchell E, Pitkethly M, Cook J, Kjeldstrøm M, Johansen M, et al. Strategies to improve recruitment to randomised controlled trials. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2010, Issue 4. Art. No. MR000013.