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What influences recruitment to randomised controlled trials? A review of trials funded by two UK funding agencies

Overview of attention for article published in Trials, April 2006
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Title
What influences recruitment to randomised controlled trials? A review of trials funded by two UK funding agencies
Published in
Trials, April 2006
DOI 10.1186/1745-6215-7-9
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Authors

Alison M McDonald, Rosemary C Knight, Marion K Campbell, Vikki A Entwistle, Adrian M Grant, Jonathan A Cook, Diana R Elbourne, David Francis, Jo Garcia, Ian Roberts, Claire Snowdon

Abstract

A commonly reported problem with the conduct of multicentre randomised controlled trials (RCTs) is that recruitment is often slower or more difficult than expected, with many trials failing to reach their planned sample size within the timescale and funding originally envisaged. The aim of this study was to explore factors that may have been associated with good and poor recruitment in a cohort of multicentre trials funded by two public bodies: the UK Medical Research Council (MRC) and the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 6 1%
United States 3 <1%
Canada 3 <1%
Germany 1 <1%
Australia 1 <1%
Nigeria 1 <1%
Denmark 1 <1%
Unknown 511 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 105 20%
Student > Master 86 16%
Student > Ph. D. Student 74 14%
Student > Bachelor 46 9%
Other 33 6%
Other 83 16%
Unknown 100 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 191 36%
Psychology 36 7%
Nursing and Health Professions 31 6%
Social Sciences 24 5%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 18 3%
Other 98 19%
Unknown 129 24%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 37. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 January 2024.
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