Table 6 Results of phase 3 questionnaire assessing acceptability of interventions
Questions | Intervention deliverers: trial staff (n = 9) group median | Intervention receivers/regulators: trial participants and REC members (n = 9) group median |
|---|---|---|
Improving retention of participants in clinical trials is something I care about | Strongly agree | Â |
I have a role to play in helping to improving retention of participants in clinical trials | Strongly agree | Â |
Motivational information | ||
How likely is the intervention will improve retention? (TFA construct: perceived effectiveness) | Somewhat likely | Extremely likely |
How do you feel about delivering/receiving the intervention? (TFA construct: affective attitude) | Strongly likely | Likely |
How much effort would be required to deliver/engage with the intervention? (TFA construct: burden) | Some effort | A little effort |
Do you think delivering/engaging with this intervention would interfere with other things you need to do? (TFA construct: opportunity cost) | Disagree | Slightly |
How confident are you that you will be able to deliver/engage with this intervention? (TFA construct: self-efficacy) | Very | Confident |
Is it clear to you how the intervention would be delivered and received/how it might encourage participants to improve questionnaire return or clinic attendance? (TFA construct: intervention coherence) | Clear to very clear | Somewhat |
How likely is it that you would use this intervention in practice? (TFA construct: intervention coherence) | Very likely | – |
Do you think it will be ethical to use this intervention? (TFA construct: ethicality) | – | Strongly Agree |
Goal setting | ||
How likely is the intervention will improve retention? (TFA construct: perceived effectiveness) | Somewhat likely | Likely |
How do you feel about delivering/receiving the intervention? (TFA construct: affective attitude) | Likely | Likely |
How much effort would be required to deliver/engage with the intervention? (TFA construct: burden) | A lot of effort | Huge effort |
Do you think delivering this intervention would interfere with other things you need to do? (TFA construct: opportunity cost) | No opinion | Moderately |
How confident are you that you will be able to deliver/engage with this intervention? (TFA construct: self-efficacy) | Somewhat | Confident |
Is it clear to you how the intervention would be delivered and received and how it would work to improve questionnaire return or clinic attendance? (TFA construct: intervention coherence) | Somewhat unclear/clear | Somewhat |
How likely is it that you would use this intervention in practice? (TFA construct: intervention coherence) | Likely | – |
Do you think it will be ethical to use this intervention? (TFA construct: ethicality) | – | Agree |