Barriers to recruitment when conducting a commissioned randomised controlled trial of medication versus psychological therapy for generalised anxiety disorder: some lessons learned

Barriers to recruitment when conducting a commissioned randomised controlled trial of medication versus psychological therapy for generalised anxiety disorder: some lessons learned

Abstract Background Poor recruitment is the most common reason for premature discontinuation of randomised controlled trials (RCTs). An RCT of medication versus psychological therapy for generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) was discontinued prematurely by the UK National Institute of Health Research f...

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Main Authors: Anastasia K. Kalpakidou, John Cape, Tarun J. Limbachya, Irwin Nazareth, Marta Buszewicz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:Trials
Subjects:
Randomised controlled trial
Barriers to recruitment
Generalised anxiety disorder
Medication
Psychological therapy
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-019-3385-5

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