A mixed-methods systematic review of patients' experience of being invited to participate in surgical randomised controlled trials

Emma Elizabeth Phelps, Elizabeth Tutton, Xavier Griffin and Janis Baird

Social Science & Medicine, 2020, vol. 253, issue C

Abstract: Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of surgical interventions are increasing. Such trials encounter challenges that are not present in RCTs of non-surgical interventions because of the nature of the intervention. Several studies have explored patients' experiences of surgical trials to improve recruitment or identify barriers and facilitators to research in this setting. Synthesizing these studies may reveal further insights or confirm whether saturation of relevant themes has been achieved.

Keywords: Mixed-methods systematic review; Qualitative; Thematic synthesis; Surgery; Patient experience; Randomised controlled trial; Recruitment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.112961

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