Study design factors influencing patients' willingness to participate in clinical research: a randomised vignette-based study

Gayet-Ageron, Angèle; Rudaz, Sandrine; Perneger, Thomas

doi:10.1186/s12874-020-00979-z

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English

Study design factors influencing patients' willingness to participate in clinical research: a randomised vignette-based study

ContributorsGayet-Ageron, Angèle; Rudaz, Sandrine; Perneger, Thomas

Published inBMC Medical Research Methodology, vol. 20, no. 1, 93

Publication date2020

Abstract

High patient participation in clinical research reduces selection bias and ensures the generalizability of study findings. We explored study-related factors that may influence patients' willingness to participate in research.

Keywords

Patient participation
Clinical research
Controlled trials
Study design
Randomization
Clinical equipoise

Affiliation

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de santé et médecine communautaires

Research group

Epidémiologie clinique et biostatistique (115)

Citation (ISO format)

GAYET-AGERON, Angèle, RUDAZ, Sandrine, PERNEGER, Thomas. Study design factors influencing patients” willingness to participate in clinical research: a randomised vignette-based study. In: BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2020, vol. 20, n° 1, p. 93. doi: 10.1186/s12874-020-00979-z