Exploring treatment preferences facilitated recruitment to randomized controlled trials.

Journal article

OBJECTIVE: To explore how patients' treatment preferences were expressed and justified during recruitment to a randomized controlled trial (RCT) and how they influenced participation and treatment decisions. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: Qualitative analysis of audio recordings of recruitment appointments with 93 participants aged 51-70 years in a UK multicenter RCT of localized prostate cancer treatments. RESULTS: Treatment preferences at recruitment were more complex and dynamic than previously...

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Authors: Mills, N; Donovan, J; Wade, J; Hamdy, F; Neal, D

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Journal of clinical epidemiology
• Volume: 64
• Issue: 10
• Pages: 1127-1136
• Publication date: 2011-10-01
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.12.017
• EISSN: 1878-5921
• ISSN: 0895-4356
• Language: English
• Keywords: Aged; Prostatic Neoplasms; Decision Making; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Male; Informed Consent; Patient Preference; Humans; Patient Selection; Multicenter Studies as Topic; Middle Aged