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在随机对照试验招募过程中使用技术的优点和缺点的定性探索

Lauren A Muldowney¹, Sinéad M Hynes², Megan Oglesby²

¹School of Medicine, University of Galway, Galway, County Galway, Ireland.

HRB open research

|August 30, 2024

概括

技术可以通过接触更多人来增强随机对照试验 (RCT) 的招聘,但它的使用取决于平衡效益与成本以及研究的性质. 研究人员应该根据患者的偏好调整数字策略,以有效招聘RCT.

科学领域:

临床试验临床试验
医疗保健服务研究医疗服务研究
数字健康数字健康

背景情况:

为随机对照试验 (RCT) 招募足够的样本大小是影响证据可靠性和患者护理的重大挑战.
技术提供了改善RCT招聘的潜力,但对其当前使用和有效性的证据有限.
本研究探讨了在RCT招聘中使用技术的优点和缺点,基于先前的研究.

研究的目的:

调查影响研究人员在RCT招聘中使用技术的决定的因素.
了解在临床试验中使用数字工具招募参与者的感知好处和缺点.

主要方法:

定性研究涉及与7名参与爱尔兰RCT招聘的研究人员进行半结构面试.
为了验证和丰富发现,进行了公众和患者参与 (PPI) 面板焦点组 (n=3).
用反思性主题分析分析数据,以确定关键主题.

主要成果:

一个超级主题出现了:"技术只是一种媒介,这样你就可以接触到更多的人.
由PPI小组证实,确定了两个关键主题:"当好处超过成本时,就使用技术"和"通过技术招聘的成功取决于研究的性质".

结论:

这项研究增强了对RCT招聘中采用技术的理解.
未来的研究应该专注于调整招聘策略以适应患者对数字工具的偏好,并吸引社区患者群体.
优化技术使用可以有助于最大限度地提高RCT招聘的效率.

关键词:

患者和公众的参与.在RCT招聘技术中的技术.专题分析专题分析试验招聘试验招聘试验方法论试验方法论

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