Increasing recruitment to randomised trials: a review of randomised controlled trials

Judith M Watson; David J Torgerson

doi:10.1186/1471-2288-6-34

Increasing recruitment to randomised trials: a review of randomised controlled trials

Judith M Watson, David J Torgerson

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Abstract

Poor recruitment to randomised controlled trials (RCTs) is a widespread and important problem. With poor recruitment being such an important issue with respect to the conduct of randomised trials, a systematic review of controlled trials on recruitment methods was undertaken in order to identify strategies that are effective.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	34
Journal	BMC Medical Research Methodology
Volume	6
Issue number	39
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-6-34
Publication status	Published - 2006

Keywords

Culture
Humans
Patient Selection
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Registries
Research Subjects

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