随机对照试验实施中的COVID-19相关中断:一个自动民族学报告
Jung-Hua Shao1, Kuang-Hui Yu2, Su-Hui Chen3
1School of Nursing, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, No. 259, Wenhua 1st Rd., Guishan Dist., Taoyuan City 33303, Taiwan; Department of Joint Reconstruction, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, No.5, Fu-Hsin St., Guishan Dist., Taoyuan City 333, Taiwan.
Applied nursing research : ANR
|July 9, 2023
概括
护士研究人员在进行COVID-19流行性关节炎自我管理应用程序试验时面临挑战. 调整招聘,干预交付和数据收集,确保研究完成,尽管延迟和预算增加.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健研究 医疗保健研究
- 全球流行病应对行动
- 数字健康干预措施 数字健康干预措施
背景情况:
- 全球范围内,COVID-19大流行严重影响了人类受试者研究.
- 研究人员导航流行病研究限制报告的有限实践经验.
- 这项研究解决了护士研究人员在台湾临床试验期间面临的挑战.
研究的目的:
- 详细介绍护士研究人员在COVID-19大流行随机对照试验期间遇到的挑战.
- 描述用于克服研究障碍的适应性策略.
- 为在类似的公共卫生危机下进行的未来研究提供见解.
主要方法:
- 协作式的自我民族学利用了五位护士研究人员的定性数据.
- 从2020年8月到2022年7月,通过详细的现场笔记和每周讨论收集的数据.
- 分析的重点是确定克服研究挑战的成功策略.
主要成果:
- 确定了四个主要挑战:患者查/招募,干预交付,后续数据收集和预算增加.
- 研究面临减少样本规模,改变干预方法和延长时间.
- 报告称,预算超额超出预期,研究完成延误.
结论:
- 适应流行病需要在招募和干预交付方面灵活.
- 参与者对数字素养 (互联网熟练程度) 的认识至关重要.
- 这些经验为面临类似流行病相关研究障碍的研究人员提供了有价值的案例研究.
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