Undertaking Studies Within A Trial to evaluate recruitment and retention strategies for randomised controlled trials: lessons learnt from the PROMETHEUS research programme

• Published in: Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) Vol. 28; no. 2; pp. 1 - 114
• Main Authors: Parker, Adwoa, Arundel, Catherine, Clark, Laura, Coleman, Elizabeth, Doherty, Laura, Hewitt, Catherine Elizabeth, Beard, David, Bower, Peter, Cooper, Cindy, Culliford, Lucy, Devane, Declan, Emsley, Richard, Eldridge, Sandra, Galvin, Sandra, Gillies, Katie, Montgomery, Alan, Sutton, Christopher J, Treweek, Shaun, Torgerson, David J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England NIHR Journals Library 01.01.2024
• Subjects: Cost-Benefit Analysis; data accuracy; embedded trials; evidence-based medicine; evidence-based medicine/standards; Exercise Therapy; Feasibility Studies; Humans; methodology; Pandemics; patient retention; patient selection; practice guidelines; practice guidelines as topic/standards; randomised controlled trials as topic; randomized controlled trials; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Research Design; research participants; research personnel; research subjects; sample size; study within a trial (swat); Surveys and Questionnaires; United Kingdom; United Kingdom; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RESEARCH DESIGN; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS; DATA ACCURACY; METHODOLOGY; SAMPLE SIZE; EMBEDDED TRIALS; STUDY WITHIN A TRIAL (SWAT); PATIENT RETENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC/STANDARDS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE/STANDARDS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS

Randomised controlled trials ('trials') are susceptible to poor participant recruitment and retention. Studies Within A Trial are the strongest methods for testing the effectiveness of strategies to improve recruitment and retention. However, relatively few of these have been conducted. PR...