Trial reportQuality & safety in health care2007
Qualitative methods in a randomised controlled trial: the role of an integrated qualitative process evaluation in providing evidence to discontinue the intervention in one arm of a trial of a decision support tool.
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41 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Supporting translation of research evidence into practice-the use of Normalisation Process Theory to assess and inform implementation within randomised controlled trials: a systematic review.Implementation science : IS · 2023Pooled it
- What do we want to get out of this? a critical interpretive synthesis of the value of process evaluations, with a practical planning framework.BMC medical research methodology · 2022Pooled it
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- Tibial nerve stimulation compared with sham to reduce incontinence in care home residents: ELECTRIC RCT.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2021Trial
- Older Adults' Experiences of a Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Intervention: A Nested Qualitative Study in the SITLESS Multi-Country Randomised Clinical Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Trial
- Visual arts in the clinical clerkship: a pilot cluster-randomized, controlled trial.BMC medical education · 2020Trial
- Pilot randomised controlled trial to improve hand hygiene through mindful moments.BMJ quality & safety · 2018Trial
- Adaptation of Coping Together - a self-directed coping skills intervention for patients and caregivers in an outpatient hematopoietic stem cell transplantation setting: a study protocol.BMC health services research · 2018Trial
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- RESTORE: an exploratory trial of a web-based intervention to enhance self-management of cancer-related fatigue: findings from a qualitative process evaluation.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2015Trial
- Understanding influences on teachers' uptake and use of behaviour management strategies within the STARS trial: process evaluation protocol for a randomised controlled trial.BMC public health · 2015Trial
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- A patient decision aid to support shared decision-making on anti-thrombotic treatment of patients with atrial fibrillation: randomised controlled trial.Quality & safety in health care · 2007Trial
- Patient and phaRmacist telephonic encounters (PARTE) in an underserved rural patient population with asthma: results of a pilot study.Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine AssociationTrial
- GlucoNeo Check in the community: feasibility of photoplethysmography-based non-invasive glucose screening.International journal of public health · 2026Article
- Identifying research priorities for improving information and support for patients undergoing breast cancer surgery: a UK patient-centred priority setting project.Breast cancer research and treatment · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo understand participants' experiences and understandings of the interventions in the trial of a computerised decision support tool in patients with atrial fibrillation being considered for anti-coagulation treatment.
designQualitative process evaluation carried out alongside the trial: non-participant observation and semistructured interviews.
participants30 participants aged >60 years taking part in the trial of a computerised decision support tool.
resultsQualitative evidence provided the rationale to undertake a decision to discontinue one arm of the trial on the basis that the intervention in that arm, a standard gamble values elicitation exercise was causing confusion and was unlikely to produce valid data on participant values.
conclusionsQualitative methods used alongside a trial allow an understanding of the process and progress of a trial, and provide evidence to intervene in the trial if necessary, including evidence for the rationale to discontinue an intervention arm of the trial.
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