Table 2 Disabled groups included in this review
From: Barriers and facilitators to the recruitment of disabled people to clinical trials: a scoping review
Type | Included disabilities | Number of articles (%) |
|---|---|---|
Neurological | Dementia, stroke, multiple sclerosis, traumatic brain injury, cognitive impairment, Parkinson’s, neurofibromatosis | 24 |
Psychiatric | Depression, psychosis, bipolar, addiction | 14 |
Physical | Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva, frailty, mobility limitation, sarcopenia | 6 |
Developmental | Intellectual disability, Down’s, Autism | 5 |
Sensory impairment | Sensorineural hearing loss | 1 |
Multiple/mixed | Type 1 diabetes + inherited retinal disease (as causes of visual impairment), frailty + trauma, persons lacking capacity to consent | 6 |