Background: Recruitment of general practices and their patients into research studies is frequently reported as a challenge. The Preventing and Lessening Exacerbations of Asthma in School-aged children Associated with a New Term (PLEASANT) trial recruited 142 general practices, across England and Wales and delivered the study intervention to time and target. Aims: To describe the process of recruitment used within the cluster randomised PLEASANT trial and present results on factors that influenced recruitment. Methods: Data were collected on the number of and types of contact used to gain expression of interest and subsequent randomisation into the PLEASANT trial. Practice size and previous research experience were also collected. Results: ...
Abstract Background Childhood asthma is common in Cap...
BACKGROUND: Primary-care based randomized controlled trials (RCTs) build an important evidence base ...
Background/Aims: Recruitment of patients for randomized clinical trials (RCT) remains a challenge fo...
Background: Recruitment of general practices and their patients into research studies is frequently...
Background: Recruitment of general practices and their patients into research studies is frequently ...
Background: Within the UK, during September, there is a pronounced increase in the number of unsched...
Background: Asthma episodes and deaths are known to be seasonal. A number of reports have shown peak...
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licen...
Acknowledgments This study was funded by Asthma UK. HP is supported by a Primary Care Research Caree...
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Childhood asthma is common in Cape Town, a province of South Africa, but is un...
BACKGROUND: Asthma episodes and deaths are known to be seasonal. A number of reports have shown peak...
Abstract Background Recruitment of participants is particularly challenging in primary care, with le...
Background: Asthma episodes and deaths are known to be seasonal. A number of reports have shown peak...
Successful recruitment to primary care studies is critical if high quality research is to be underta...
Background Asthma is seasonal with peaks in exacerbation rates in school-age children associated wit...
Abstract Background Childhood asthma is common in Cap...
BACKGROUND: Primary-care based randomized controlled trials (RCTs) build an important evidence base ...
Background/Aims: Recruitment of patients for randomized clinical trials (RCT) remains a challenge fo...
Background: Recruitment of general practices and their patients into research studies is frequently...
Background: Recruitment of general practices and their patients into research studies is frequently ...
Background: Within the UK, during September, there is a pronounced increase in the number of unsched...
Background: Asthma episodes and deaths are known to be seasonal. A number of reports have shown peak...
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licen...
Acknowledgments This study was funded by Asthma UK. HP is supported by a Primary Care Research Caree...
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Childhood asthma is common in Cape Town, a province of South Africa, but is un...
BACKGROUND: Asthma episodes and deaths are known to be seasonal. A number of reports have shown peak...
Abstract Background Recruitment of participants is particularly challenging in primary care, with le...
Background: Asthma episodes and deaths are known to be seasonal. A number of reports have shown peak...
Successful recruitment to primary care studies is critical if high quality research is to be underta...
Background Asthma is seasonal with peaks in exacerbation rates in school-age children associated wit...
Abstract Background Childhood asthma is common in Cap...
BACKGROUND: Primary-care based randomized controlled trials (RCTs) build an important evidence base ...
Background/Aims: Recruitment of patients for randomized clinical trials (RCT) remains a challenge fo...