Optimised patient information materials and recruitment to a study of behavioural activation in older adults: an embedded study within a trial [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

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Background: Printed participant information about randomised controlled trials is often long, technical and difficult to navigate. Improving information materials is possible through optimisation and user-testing, and may impact on participant understanding and rates of recruitment.

Methods: A study within a trial (SWAT) was undertaken within the CASPER trial. Potential CASPER participants were randomised to receive either the standard trial information or revised information that had been optimised through information design and user testing.

Results: A total of 11,531 patients were randomised in the SWAT. Rates of recruitment to the CASPER trial were 2.0% in the optimised information group and 1.9% in the standard information group (odds ratio 1.027; 95% CI 0.79 to 1.33; p=0.202).

Conclusions: Participant information that had been optimised through information design and user testing did not result in any change to rate of recruitment to the host trial.

Registration: ISRCTN ID ISRCTN02202951; registered on 3 June 2009.

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Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Knapp, P Gilbody, S Holt, J Keding, A Mitchell, N Raynor, DK https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0306-5275 Silcock, J Torgerson, DJ
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information:	© 2020 Knapp P et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
Keywords:	SWAT, trial, recruitment, patient information, user testing, behavioral activation
Dates:	Published: 21 May 2020 Published (online): 21 May 2020
Institution:	The University of Leeds
Academic Units:	The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Healthcare (Leeds) > Pharmacy (Leeds)
Depositing User:	Symplectic Publications
Date Deposited:	21 Aug 2020 11:03
Last Modified:	21 Aug 2020 11:03
Status:	Published
Publisher:	F1000 Research Ltd
Identification Number:	10.12688/f1000research.24051.1
Related URLs:	PubMed URL
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID):	oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:164702

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Optimised patient information materials and recruitment to a study of behavioural activation in older adults: an embedded study within a trial [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

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