Systematic techniques for assisting recruitment to trials (START): Study protocol for embedded, randomized controlled trials

Trials

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Rick, Jo ^a   Graffy, Jonathan ^b   Knapp, Peter ^c   Small, Nicola ^a   Collier, David J ^d   Eldridge, Sandra ^d   Kennedy, Anne ^e   Salisbury, Chris ^f   Treweek, Shaun ^g   Torgerson, David ^c   Wallace, Paul ^h   Madurasinghe, Vichithranie ^d   Hughes Morley, Adwoa ^a   Bower, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^h ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community; Decision support systems; Intervention; Multimedia; Participant information; Primary care; Protocols; Randomized controlled trial; Recruitment; Trial participation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMMUNITY CARE; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE SIZE; SATISFACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MULTIMEDIA; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONNEL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH SUBJECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; COMMUNICATION; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MULTIMEDIA; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 84934760819     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-407     Document Type: Article

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