Non-randomised evaluations of strategies to increase participant retention in randomised controlled trials: a systematic review

Non-randomised evaluations of strategies to increase participant retention in randomised controlled trials: a systematic review

Abstract Background Retention of participants is essential to ensure the statistical power and internal validity of clinical trials. Poor participant retention reduces power and can bias the estimates of intervention effect. There is sparse evidence from randomised comparisons of effective strategie...

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Main Authors: Adel Elfeky, Katie Gillies, Heidi Gardner, Cynthia Fraser, Timothy Ishaku, Shaun Treweek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:Systematic Reviews
Subjects:
Randomised trials
Retention strategies
Drop-outs
Non-randomised evaluations
Participant retention
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13643-020-01471-x

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