2025/05/01 by Eleanor Reeves, Keith Couper · 1 voice
Medicine · Health Professions · Decision Sciences · #Ethics in Clinical Research #Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare #Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
paper · pdf · doi:10.1111/nicc.70058
openalex publication_date 2025/05/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
The recruitment of participants in adult critical care studies is often challenging. We surveyed chief investigators of UK multicentre adult critical care studies in this cross-sectional survey to evaluate what strategies they used to provide study information to potential participants. Of 61 eligible responses, we received completed surveys from 35 investigators (response rate 57%). Most chief investigators reported using a written participant information sheet (n = 34, 97%), but the uptake of alternative strategies was limited to 9 studies (26%). Only 6 studies (17%) utilized digital methods. Most chief investigators (63%) reported that they planned to adopt alternative strategies in their next study. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE: This cross-sectional online survey study explores the strategies currently used by chief investigators for providing research information in critical care and explores how likely chief investigators are to adopt alternative strategies.