Research START: A Multimethod Study of Barriers and Accelerators of Recruiting Research Participants

Clinical and Translational Science

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 647-654

  Stein, Mark A ^a   Shaffer, Michele ^a   Echo Hawk, Abigail ^a   Smith, Jody ^a   Stapleton, Ann ^a   Melvin, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Participant recruitment; Registries; Regulatory science

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH SUBJECT; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDIATRICS; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

NEW DRUG;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DRUGS, INVESTIGATIONAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDIATRICS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH DESIGN; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84952878635     PISSN: 17528054     EISSN: 17528062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cts.12351     Document Type: Article

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