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Table 7 The barriers and facilitators mapped to the systemic factors theme

From: Barriers and facilitators to the recruitment of disabled people to clinical trials: a scoping review

Systemic factors

Barriers

Facilitators

Inclusive practices are often more burdensome for researchers whose work is already time and resource constrained [9]. This is because the provision of things like additional protection measures and widening recruitment strategies are time-consuming and resource-demanding

Ethics review boards and editors can implement requirements for researchers to report on the sociodemographic compositions of their sample as well as justify their protocol design choices according to inclusive criteria [10]

Researchers feel unsupported and unsure as to whether their inclusive approaches are sufficiently effective and ethical [33, 41]

Local research agencies can also help equip researchers with equipment and resources they need to conduct their research in non-traditional settings [35]. This may extend to sophisticated screening tools and recruitment registries that streamline recruitment to be widened and more sensitive so as many people with a given disability can be found as possible [40, 44]