Interventions to improve recruitment and retention in clinical trials: A survey and workshop to assess current practice and future priorities

Trials

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bower, Peter ^a   Brueton, Valerie ^b   Gamble, Carrol ^c   Treweek, Shaun ^d   Smith, Catrin Tudur ^c   Young, Bridget ^c   Williamson, Paula ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Recruitment; Retention; Trials

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; INTERVENTION STUDY; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING; WORKSHOP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT DROPOUT; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONNEL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SAMPLE SIZE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT SELECTION; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; SAMPLE SIZE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84934295959     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-399     Document Type: Article

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