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Table 2 To succeed with inclusion in a randomised controlled trial

From: Identifying important barriers to recruitment of patients in randomised clinical studies using a questionnaire for study personnel

Factors in questionnaire

n

%

Relevant question

124

97

Consent procedure is simple

118

92

Support team responds quickly to any questions

113

89

Local principal investigator is highly engaged

112

87

Research nurse is highly engaged

111

87

Follow-ups are simple and can be coordinated with the clinical follow-up

111

87

Involvement in the trial is fun

107

84

Regular contact between the main centre and the local centre

102

80

Those leading the trial are very enthusiastic

101

79

Regular information, digital newsletters or website updates

85

66

Regular investigation meetings

67

53

Regular nursing meetings

65

51

The trial is academic-driven

63

50

My centre includes many patients or participants in the trial

50

39

Basic compensation (e.g. cinema voucher)

44

34

Well-known researchers in the steering committee

27

21

  1. n denotes the number of alternatives 4 and 5 on a Likert scale: 1 (completely disagree), 3 (partially agree) and 5 (completely agree)