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| Title |
Time to be BRAVE: is educating surgeons the key to unlocking the potential of randomised clinical trials in surgery? A qualitative study
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| Published in |
Trials, March 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1745-6215-15-80 |
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| Authors |
Shelley Potter, Nicola Mills, Simon J Cawthorn, Jenny Donovan, Jane M Blazeby |
| Abstract |
Well-designed randomised clinical trials (RCTs) provide the best evidence to inform decision-making and should be the default option for evaluating surgical procedures. Such trials can be challenging, and surgeons' preferences may influence whether trials are initiated and successfully conducted and their results accepted. Preferences are particularly problematic when surgeons' views play a key role in procedure selection and patient eligibility. The bases of such preferences have rarely been explored. Our aim in this qualitative study was to investigate surgeons' preferences regarding the feasibility of surgical RCTs and their understanding of study design issues using breast reconstruction surgery as a case study. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 29 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 | 17 | 59% |
| Canada | 2 | 7% |
| United States | 1 | 3% |
| Spain | 1 | 3% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 7 | 24% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 12 | 41% |
| Members of the public | 9 | 31% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 7 | 24% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 64 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 3% |
| Australia | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 61 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 11 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 11% |
| Other | 6 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 9% |
| Other | 16 | 25% |
| Unknown | 10 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 26 | 41% |
| Social Sciences | 6 | 9% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 8% |
| Unspecified | 4 | 6% |
| Psychology | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 8 | 13% |
| Unknown | 11 | 17% |