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Open Access
01-12-2015 | Poster presentation
Conducting complex intervention trials in populations at risk of diminished capacity
Authors:
Amanda Farrin, Suzanne Hartley, Liz Graham, Rachael Kelley, Claire Surr, Alys Griffiths, Louise Bryant
Published in:
Trials
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Special Issue 2/2015
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Excerpt
Implementing clinical trials involving participants with diminished capacity, such as elderly residents in care homes, stroke survivors, those with a learning disability, can be challenging in terms of balancing complex service and patient needs with methodological rigor. The key challenges identified here are the appropriate tailoring of recruitment approaches, data collection and participant risk monitoring. …