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Mendeley readers
| Title |
Clear obstacles and hidden challenges: understanding recruiter perspectives in six pragmatic randomised controlled trials
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Trials, January 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1745-6215-15-5 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jenny L Donovan, Sangeetha Paramasivan, Isabel de Salis, Merran Toerien |
| Abstract |
Recruitment of sufficient participants in an efficient manner is still widely acknowledged to be a major challenge to the mounting and completion of randomised controlled trials (RCTs). Few recruitment interventions have involved staff undertaking recruitment. This study aimed i) to understand the recruitment process from the perspective of recruiters actively recruiting RCT participants in six pragmatic RCTs, and ii) to identify opportunities for interventions to improve recruitment. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 31 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 12 | 39% |
| United States | 7 | 23% |
| Peru | 1 | 3% |
| Belgium | 1 | 3% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 3% |
| Australia | 1 | 3% |
| Spain | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 7 | 23% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 15 | 48% |
| Scientists | 10 | 32% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 6 | 19% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 155 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 2% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 151 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 38 | 25% |
| Student > Master | 27 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 18 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 12 | 8% |
| Other | 10 | 6% |
| Other | 27 | 17% |
| Unknown | 23 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 48 | 31% |
| Social Sciences | 19 | 12% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 18 | 12% |
| Psychology | 10 | 6% |
| Computer Science | 6 | 4% |
| Other | 26 | 17% |
| Unknown | 28 | 18% |