Engaging participants in a complex intervention trial in Australian General Practice
BACKGROUND: The paper examines the key issues experienced in recruiting and retaining practice involvement in a large complex intervention trial in Australian General Practice. METHODS: Reflective notes made by research staff and telephone interviews with staff from general practices which expressed...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2533668/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18700984 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-8-55 |
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author | Perkins, David Harris, Mark F Tan, Jocelyn Christl, Bettina Taggart, Jane Fanaian, Mahnaz |
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description | BACKGROUND: The paper examines the key issues experienced in recruiting and retaining practice involvement in a large complex intervention trial in Australian General Practice. METHODS: Reflective notes made by research staff and telephone interviews with staff from general practices which expressed interest, took part or withdrew from a trial of a complex general practice intervention. RESULTS: Recruitment and retention difficulties were due to factors inherent in the demands and context of general practice, the degree of engagement of primary care organisations (Divisions of General Practice), perceived benefits by practices, the design of the trial and the timing and complexity of data collection. CONCLUSION: There needs to be clearer articulation to practices of the benefits of the research to participants and streamlining of the design and processes of data collection and intervention to fit in with their work practices. Ultimately deeper engagement may require additional funding and ongoing participation through practice research networks. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Current Controlled Trials ACTRN12605000788673 |
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spelling | pubmed-25336682008-09-12 Engaging participants in a complex intervention trial in Australian General Practice Perkins, David Harris, Mark F Tan, Jocelyn Christl, Bettina Taggart, Jane Fanaian, Mahnaz BMC Med Res Methodol Research Article BACKGROUND: The paper examines the key issues experienced in recruiting and retaining practice involvement in a large complex intervention trial in Australian General Practice. METHODS: Reflective notes made by research staff and telephone interviews with staff from general practices which expressed interest, took part or withdrew from a trial of a complex general practice intervention. RESULTS: Recruitment and retention difficulties were due to factors inherent in the demands and context of general practice, the degree of engagement of primary care organisations (Divisions of General Practice), perceived benefits by practices, the design of the trial and the timing and complexity of data collection. CONCLUSION: There needs to be clearer articulation to practices of the benefits of the research to participants and streamlining of the design and processes of data collection and intervention to fit in with their work practices. Ultimately deeper engagement may require additional funding and ongoing participation through practice research networks. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Current Controlled Trials ACTRN12605000788673 BioMed Central 2008-08-13 /pmc/articles/PMC2533668/ /pubmed/18700984 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-8-55 Text en Copyright © 2008 Perkins et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Perkins, David Harris, Mark F Tan, Jocelyn Christl, Bettina Taggart, Jane Fanaian, Mahnaz Engaging participants in a complex intervention trial in Australian General Practice |
title | Engaging participants in a complex intervention trial in Australian General Practice |
title_full | Engaging participants in a complex intervention trial in Australian General Practice |
title_fullStr | Engaging participants in a complex intervention trial in Australian General Practice |
title_full_unstemmed | Engaging participants in a complex intervention trial in Australian General Practice |
title_short | Engaging participants in a complex intervention trial in Australian General Practice |
title_sort | engaging participants in a complex intervention trial in australian general practice |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2533668/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18700984 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-8-55 |
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