Recruitment of older adults to three preventative lifestyle improvement studies

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Recruitment of older adults to three preventative lifestyle improvement studies

Background: Recruiting isolated older adults to clinical trials is complex, time-consuming and difficult. Previous studies have suggested querying existing databases to identify appropriate potential participants. We aim to compare recruitment techniques (general practitioner (GP) mail-outs, commu...

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Main Authors:	Chatters, Robin, Newbold, Louise, Sprange, Kirsty, Hind, Daniel, Mountain, Gail, Shortland, Katy, Powell, Lauren, Gossage-Worrall, Rebecca, Chater, Tim, Keetharuth, Anju, Lee, Ellen, Woods, Bob
Format:	Article
Published:	BioMed Central 2018
Subjects:	Complex interventions; Randomised controlled trials; Study design and best practice
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49890/

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