Identifying strategies to maximise recruitment and retention of practices and patients in a multicentre randomised controlled trial of an intervention to optimise secondary prevention for coronary heart disease in primary care
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Recruitment and retention of patients and healthcare providers in randomised controlled trials (RCTs) is important in order to determine the effectiveness of interventions. However, failure to achieve recruitment targets is common an...
Main Authors: | Houlihan Ailish, O'Malley Mary, Byrne Mary C, Cupples Margaret E, Leathem Claire S, Murphy Andrew W, Smith Susan M |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2009-06-01
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Series: | BMC Medical Research Methodology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2288/9/40 |
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