Trial reportBMJ (Clinical research ed.)1998
Reactions of participants to the results of a randomised controlled trial: exploratory study.
Trial report in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 1998. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
46 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Recommendations for the return of research results to study participants and guardians: a report from the Children's Oncology Group.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2012Guideline
- Reporting genetic results in research studies: summary and recommendations of an NHLBI working group.American journal of medical genetics. Part A · 2006Guideline
- Testing approaches to sharing trial results with participants: The Show RESPECT cluster randomised, factorial, mixed methods trial.PLoS medicine · 2021Trial
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- Participants' preference for type of leaflet used to feed back the results of a randomised trial: a survey.Trials · 2010Trial
- How do patients want to learn of results of clinical trials? A survey of 1431 breast cancer patients.British journal of cancer · 2008Trial
- Closing the loop: Benefits and challenges of sharing clinical trial results with participants after trial close-out.BMC medical research methodology · 2026Article
- Dissemination innovation: Using found poetry to return study results to patients and partners facing cancer.PEC innovation · 2024Article
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- What, how, when and who of trial results summaries for trial participants: stakeholder-informed guidance from the RECAP project.BMJ open · 2022Article
- 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
- Features of randomised trials designed by the NPEU Perinatal Trials Service during Adrian Grant's directorship.Reproductive health · 2018Article
- Participants' perspectives and preferences on clinical trial result dissemination: The TRUST Thyroid Trial experience.HRB open research · 2018Article
- Health research participants are not receiving research results: a collaborative solution is needed.Trials · 2017Article
- Health research participants' preferences for receiving research results.Clinical trials (London, England) · 2016Article
- Allocation of Resources to Communication of Research Result Summaries.Journal of empirical research on human research ethics : JERHRE · 2016Article
- Perceptions of Research Bronchoscopy in Malawian Adults with Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Cross-Sectional Study.PloS one · 2016Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo assess views of parents of babies who participated in a neonatal trial, about feedback of trial results.
designQualitative analysis of interviews.
settingParents' homes. SUBJECTS: Parents of 24 surviving babies enrolled in a UK randomised controlled trial comparing ventilatory support by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation with conventional management.
main outcome measuresViews about contents of results, reactions to results, effect of hindsight, and importance of feedback.
resultsInformation about mortality was well understood by the parents but morbidity was less clearly reported. Even when the content was emotionally exacting, the information was still wanted as it removed uncertainty; provided an endpoint to difficult events; promoted further discussion within couples; and acknowledged their contribution to answering an important clinical question.
conclusionsFeedback of trial results to participants should be a consideration of researchers, but a careful approach is required. This study was based on a highly selective group of parents within a particularly sensitive trial. More research is needed to assess the extent to which these results can be generalised to other trials or to groups such as bereaved parents.
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