Brealey, Stephen, Atwell, Christine, Bryan, Stirling, Coulton, Simon, Cox, Helen, Cross, Ben, Fylan, Fiona, Garratt, Andrew, Gilbert, Fiona, Gillan, Maureen, and others. (2007) Using postal randomization to replace telephone randomization had no significant effect on recruitment of patients. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 60 (10). pp. 1046-1051. ISSN 0895-4356. (doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2007.04.003) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:16990)
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| Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2007.04.003 |
Abstract
Objective: To test the effect of postal randomization on recruitment of patients into a randomized trial in primary care. Study Design and Setting: General practices used a telephone service to randomize patients in our trial. Delays in the start of recruitment at some sites led us to modify the randomization procedure. When new practices took part patients completed and posted baseline materials to the Trial Secretary in York who performed the randomization and informed those concerned of the allocation. Results: Of the 647 practices who were invited to take part, 130 (45%) of 288 agreed to participate using telephone randomization and 155 (43%) of 359 using the postal method. These practices recruited 553 patients from November 2002 to October 2004 across 11 sites in the United Kingdom. The postal method reduced the number of patients recruited by a factor of 0.86 (95% confidence interval = 0.62-1.20), or 14%. The number of general practitioners working in a practice significantly increased patient recruitment by a factor of 1.12 (1.05-1.20), whereas practice distance from hospital significantly decreased recruitment by a factor of 0.98 (0.97-0.99). Conclusion: Postal randomization had no significant effect on recruitment of patients into our trial.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| DOI/Identification number: | 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2007.04.003 |
| Additional information: | Times Cited: 0 |
| Uncontrolled keywords: | postal, telephone, patient recruitment |
| Subjects: |
R Medicine R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
| Divisions: | Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research > Centre for Health Services Studies |
| Depositing User: | Simon Coulton |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Sep 2010 09:37 UTC |
| Last Modified: | 05 Nov 2024 09:52 UTC |
| Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/16990 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
University of Kent Author Information
Coulton, Simon.
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