Kypri, Kypros, Bowe, Steven J, Karlsson, Nadine et al. (1 more author) (2020) Enrolment-latency in randomised behaviour change trials:IPD meta-analysis showed association with attrition but not effect-size. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. pp. 55-59. ISSN 0895-4356
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Non-response can bias prevalence estimates in population surveys. Effects of selective participation in behaviour change intervention trials have been little studied. We tested hypotheses that trial participants who are hard to recruit are (1) more likely to be lost-to-follow-up and (2) less responsive to intervention. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: We undertook a two-stage individual participant data meta-analysis of four alcohol intervention trials involving 9251 university students in Australia, New Zealand, and Sweden, comparing participants who enrolled 'late' (after the final invitation to participate) versus 'early' (before that). Outcomes were whether participants completed assessments at each trial's primary endpoint (late/early) and number of drinks consumed per week (intervention/control) among late enrolees versus early enrolees. RESULTS: Late enrolees were more likely to be lost-to-follow-up than early enrolees (OR 2.3, 95% CI: 1.7, 2.9). Intervention effect estimates were smaller for late versus early enrolees, but not significantly so (RR=0.93; 95% CI: 0.79, 1.08). CONCLUSION: Greater effort to recruit trial participants was associated with higher attrition, but there was no clear evidence of bias in effect estimation. The possibility that intervention effect estimates do not generalize beyond a relatively compliant minority of trial participants may warrant further study.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details. |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Health Sciences (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 05 Dec 2019 09:30 |
Last Modified: | 16 Oct 2024 16:14 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2019.09.019 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2019.09.019 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:154201 |
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