Videoconferencing for site initiations in clinical studies: Mixed methods evaluation of usability, acceptability, and impact on recruitment

Informatics for Health and Social Care

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 362-372

  Randell, Rebecca ^a   Backhouse, Michael R ^b   Nelson, E Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

clinical research informatics; Clinical trials as topic; medical informatics; videoconferencing

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 84951264185     PISSN: 17538157     EISSN: 17538165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17538157.2015.1064424     Document Type: Article

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