An optimised patient information sheet did not significantly increase recruitment or retention in a falls prevention study: an embedded randomised recruitment trial

Abstract Background Randomised controlled trials are generally regarded as the ‘gold standard’ experimental design to determine the effectiveness of an intervention. Unfortunately, many trials either fail to recruit sufficient numbers of participants, or recruitment takes longer than anticipated. Th...

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Main Authors: Sarah Cockayne, Caroline Fairhurst, Joy Adamson, Catherine Hewitt, Robin Hull, Kate Hicks, Anne-Maree Keenan, Sarah E. Lamb, Lorraine Green, Caroline McIntosh, Hylton B. Menz, Anthony C. Redmond, Sara Rodgers, David J. Torgerson, Wesley Vernon, Judith Watson, Peter Knapp, Jo Rick, Peter Bower, Sandra Eldridge, Vichithranie W. Madurasinghe, Jonathan Graffy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-03-01
Series:Trials
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-017-1797-7