Recruitment and retention strategies and the examination of attrition bias in a randomised controlled trial in children’s centres serving families in disadvantaged areas of England

Background Failure to retain participants in randomised controlled trials and longitudinal studies can cause significant methodological problems. We report the recruitment and retention strategies of a randomised controlled trial to promote fire-related injury prevention in families with pre-scho...

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Main Authors: Hindmarch, Paul, Hawkins, Adrian, McColl, Elaine, Hayes, Mike, Majsak-Newman, Gosia, Ablewhite, Joanne, Deave, Toity, Kendrick, Denise
Format: Article
Published: BioMed Central 2015
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30538/