Conducting randomized trials in general practice: methodological and practical issues.

What it found

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The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

1. What works to recruit general practices to trials? A rapid review.HRB open research · 2023
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2. Maximising recruitment of research participants into a general practice based randomised controlled trial concerning lung diagnosis-staff insights from an embedded qualitative study.Trials · 2022
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3. Baseline characteristics and comparability of older multimorbid patients with polypharmacy and general practitioners participating in a randomized controlled primary care trial.BMC family practice · 2021
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4. An Approach to Assess Generalizability in Comparative Effectiveness Research: A Case Study of the Whole Systems Demonstrator Cluster Randomized Trial Comparing Telehealth with Usual Care for Patients with Chronic Health Conditions.Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making · 2015
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5. Identifying strategies to maximise recruitment and retention of practices and patients in a multicentre randomised controlled trial of an intervention to optimise secondary prevention for coronary heart disease in primary care.BMC medical research methodology · 2009
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6. Buprenorphine versus dihydrocodeine for opiate detoxification in primary care: a randomised controlled trial.BMC family practice · 2007
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7. Clinical trial recruitment in primary care: exploratory factor analysis of a questionnaire to measure barriers and facilitators to primary care providers' involvement.BMC primary care · 2022
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8. Cost analysis and efficacy of recruitment strategies used in a large pragmatic community-based clinical trial targeting low-income seniors: a comparative descriptive analysis.Trials · 2019
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9. Preventing and Lessening Exacerbations of Asthma in School-aged children Associated with a New Term (PLEASANT): Recruiting Primary Care Research Sites-the PLEASANT experience.NPJ primary care respiratory medicine · 2015
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10. Results from a trial of an unsupported internet intervention for depressive symptoms.Internet interventions · 2014
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11. An evaluation of the effectiveness of recruitment methods: the staying well after depression randomized controlled trial.Clinical trials (London, England) · 2014
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12. The SCIDOTS Project: evidence of benefits of an integrated tobacco cessation intervention in tuberculosis care on treatment outcomes.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2011
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13. A clinical trial alert tool to recruit large patient samples and assess selection bias in general practice research.BMC medical research methodology · 2011
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14. GP Participation and Recruitment of Patients to RCTs: Lessons from Trials of Acupuncture and Exercise for Low Back Pain in Primary Care.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2011
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15. Methodological considerations for a randomised controlled trial of podiatry care in rheumatoid arthritis: lessons from an exploratory trial.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2007
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16. Coping with methodological dilemmas; about establishing the effectiveness of interventions in routine medical practice.BMC health services research · 2006
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17. Investigator barriers and preferences to conduct clinical drug trials in Finland: a qualitative study.Pharmacy world & science : PWS · 2003
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18. [Why are so few clinical trials run in primary care?].Atencion primaria · 2002
    Review
19. Randomised controlled trials in primary care: case study.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2000
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Authors and funding

5 authors.

Funding

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Abstract

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