非标准信息传单对急性护理患者招募的影响:嵌入式集群随机对照试验
Carolin Höckelmann1, Marcelina Roos1, Wiebke Müller2
1University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Institute of Nursing Science, Cologne, Germany.
PloS one
|August 1, 2025
概括
一项比较患者招募方法的研究发现,附带视频的信息传单略微增加了参与率,尽管不是显著的. 研究信息的可接受性在不同组之间是相似的.
科学领域:
- 临床研究 临床研究
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
背景情况:
- 在临床研究中,招募患者至关重要,但也是具有挑战性的.
- 研究信息设计影响招聘成功.
- 关于不同书面研究信息格式的有效性和可接受性的研究有限.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较信息传单与嵌入式视频的有效性和可接受性,与急性护理环境中患者招募的正式信件相比.
主要方法:
- 一个集群随机对照试验在一个横截面研究 ("睡眠急性宿主研究") 中进行.
- 医院被随机分配,提供信息传单与视频链接 (干预) 或正式信件 (控制).
- 主要终点:招聘成功 (参与率);次要终点:信息的可接受性.
主要成果:
- 包括53个病房和498名患者;干预组262名,对照组236名.
- 参与率为51.1% (干预组) 和47.5% (对照组),不显著的差异 (OR1.186,p=0.528).
- 两组之间没有观察到书面研究信息的可接受性有显著差异.
结论:
- 一份附带视频的信息传单显示,患者参与主体研究的趋势较高,但这种差异在统计学上并不显著.
- 这两种招募方法在患者中都表现出可比的可接受性.
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