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| Title |
Lessons in participant retention in the course of a randomized controlled clinical trial
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Research Notes, October 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1756-0500-7-706 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Olubukola T Idoko, Olumuyiwa A Owolabi, Aderonke A Odutola, Olatunde Ogundare, Archibald Worwui, Yauba Saidu, Alison Smith-Sanneh, Abdoulie Tunkara, Gibbi Sey, Assan Sanyang, Philip Mendy, MartinO C Ota |
| Abstract |
Clinical trials are increasingly being conducted as new products seek to enter the market. Deployment of such interventions is based on evidence obtained mainly from the gold standard of randomized controlled clinical trials (RCCT). A crucial factor in the ability of RCCTs to provide credible and generalisable data is sample size and retention of the required number of subjects at completion of the follow-up period. However, recruitment and retention in clinical trials are hindered by prevalent peculiar challenges in Africa that need to be circumvented. This article shares experiences from a phase II trial that recorded a high retention rate at 14 months follow-up at a new clinical trial site. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| India | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 51 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Gambia | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 50 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 14 | 27% |
| Researcher | 9 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 3 | 6% |
| Unknown | 11 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 17 | 33% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 12% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 6% |
| Psychology | 3 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 6 | 12% |
| Unknown | 13 | 25% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. 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 26 February 2015.
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#3,015
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#88
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