Factors associated with recruitment to randomised controlled trials in general practice: a systematic mixed studies review

• Published in: Current controlled trials in cardiovascular medicine Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 90 - 19
• Main Authors: Moffat, Keith R., Shi, Wen, Cannon, Paul, Sullivan, Frank
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 06.02.2023; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Analysis; Clinical trials; Decision-making; General Practice; Health aspects; Human subjects; Humans; Intervention; Participant observation; Physician and patient; Physicians (General practice); Primary care; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Recruiting; Recruitment; Research Design; Review; Services; Systematic review; Systematic Reviews as Topic; United Kingdom; United Kingdom > UK

A common challenge for randomised controlled trials (RCTs) is recruiting enough participants to be adequately powered to answer the research question. Recruitment has been set as a priority research area in trials to improve recruitment and thereby reduce wasted resources in conducted trials that fa...