Recruitment and retention of participants in UK surgical trials: survey of key issues reported by trial staff.

Joanna C CrockerN FarrarJonathan Alistair CookS TreweekK WoolfallA ChantJ BostockL LocockS ReesS OlszowskiR Bulbulia

Published in: BJS open (2020)

The survey identified a variety of common recruitment and retention issues, several of which were rated moderate or serious problems by the majority of participating UK surgical trial staff. Mitigation of these problems may help boost recruitment and retention in surgical trials.

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