ArticleTrials2008
Initial experience with a group presentation of study results to research participants.
Article in Trials, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00037154 (Saw Palmetto Extract In Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Saw Palmetto Extract In Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Who cites it
6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Current global practice and implications for future research on disseminating health research results to study participants: A systematic review.PLoS medicine · 2025Pooled it
- The relative importance of information items and preferred mode of delivery when disseminating results from trials to participants: A mixed-methods study.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2022Article
- Providing trial results to participants in phase III pragmatic effectiveness RCTs: a scoping review.Trials · 2021Article
- Patient involvement in clinical research: why, when, and how.Patient preference and adherence · 2016Review
- Participants' experiences of being debriefed to placebo allocation in a clinical trial.Qualitative health research · 2012Article
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6 authors.
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Abstract
backgroundDespite ethical imperatives, informing research participants about the results of the studies in which they take part is not often performed. This is due, in part, to the costs and burdens of communicating with each participant after publication of the results.
methodsFollowing the closeout and publication of a randomized clinical trial of saw palmetto for treatment of symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia, patients were invited back to the research center to participate in a group presentation of the study results.
resultsApproximately 10% of participants attended one of two presentation sessions. Reaction to the experience of the group presentation was very positive among the attendees.
conclusionA group presentation to research participants is an efficient method of communicating study results to those who desire to be informed and was highly valued by those who attended. Prospectively planning for such presentations and greater scheduling flexibility may result in higher attendance rates. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: Clinicaltrials.gov #NCT00037154.
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