Reporting research findings to participants is an ethical imperative.

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Return of participant-level clinical trial results to participants: pilot of a simplified centralised approach.BMJ open · 2024
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2. Testing approaches to sharing trial results with participants: The Show RESPECT cluster randomised, factorial, mixed methods trial.PLoS medicine · 2021
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3. Feasibility of reporting results of large randomised controlled trials to participants: experience from the Fluoxetine Or Control Under Supervision (FOCUS) trial.BMJ open · 2020
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4. Closing the Feedback Loop: Improving Communication of Findings With Aboriginal Research Participants Through Participatory Action Research.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2026
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5. Bridging the gap: Community insights on effectively sharing research findings with the public.Journal of clinical and translational science · 2026
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6. The Impact of Research Results Feedback on the Lived Experiences of Elderly Participants in the DIMAMO Health Demographic Site: A Case of AWI-Gen Participants.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025
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7. Strengthening ethical oversight in genomics and biobanking: a retrospective analysis of research practices in Zimbabwe.BMC medical ethics · 2025
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8. The SHOW RESPECT adaptable framework of considerations for planning how to share trial results with participants, based on qualitative findings from trial participants and site staff.Trials · 2024
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9. Engaging participants with research findings: A rights-informed approach.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2023
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10. Reporting and conducting patient journey mapping research in healthcare: A scoping review.Journal of advanced nursing · 2023
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11. Motivators and barriers towards clinical research participation: A population-based survey from an Arab MENA country.PloS one · 2022
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Corrections and comments

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  Guidance for communicating research findings to participants.2020
• Comment on
  Frequency and format of clinical trial results dissemination to patients: a survey of authors of trials indexed in PubMed.2019

Authors and funding

1 author.

Funding

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Abstract

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