Feasibility study on recruitment in general practice for a low back pain online information study (part of the ADVIN Back Trial).
Allan RiisMichael Skovdal RathleffJan HartvigsenJanus Laust ThomsenTamana AfzaliMartin Bach JensenPublished in: BMC research notes (2020)
We recruited 12 women and 8 men from two general practices with each practice recruiting for 3 months. Full follow-up data was available in only three patients (15%). Based on the high loss to follow-up, we do not consider it feasible to conduct the full-scale confirmatory trial as planned. Modifying inclusion criteria to include only patients expressing an interest in using online health information or randomising patients directly at the general practice, supporting them in accessing the web-application, and letting patients respond with their immediate satisfaction may improve the speed of recruitment and follow-up rates. Furthermore, the participatory driven web-application can be included in a larger multi-faceted intervention, making the combined intervention seem more relevant to study participants.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- general practice
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- primary care
- randomized controlled trial
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- social media
- healthcare
- pregnant women
- metabolic syndrome
- adipose tissue
- machine learning
- big data
- deep learning
- insulin resistance
- double blind
- phase ii
- patient reported