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A qualitative study exploring practice nurses' experience of participating in a primary care-based randomised controlled trial
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Potter, R., Dale, Jeremy and Caramlau, Isabela (2009) A qualitative study exploring practice nurses' experience of participating in a primary care-based randomised controlled trial. Journal of Research in Nursing, 14 (5). pp. 439-447. doi:10.1177/1744987108098228
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1744987108098228
Abstract
The aim of this study is to explore the views of practice nurses’ recruiting into a primary care–based randomised controlled trial, and to investigate factors that influence the success of trial recruitment. It is known that time pressures, forgetfulness and lack of interest in the research topic negatively influence recruitment into research trials by General Practitioners (GPs), but no studies appear to have explored practice nurses’ experience of recruiting into trials. Semi-structured telephone interviews were conducted with a non-random purposive sample of 10 practice nurses who had participated in recruiting patients for the trial, and data were analysed using a thematic framework approach. Nurses who had been asked to take part in the study found it a positive experience, and had decided to take part because the area of research was of interest and could potentially benefit patients. Nurses who had been delegated the role of recruitment by the GP felt put upon and recruited less well. None of the nurses reported difficulties remembering to recruit patients and developed useful strategies to aid memory. Nurses often acted as gatekeepers, selecting which patients they offered the intervention to. Nurses with dedicated time for research recruited more successfully. For nurses who recruited during routine consultation, it was often the patient’s lack of interest in taking part in the trial, rather than time limitations that hindered recruitment. Overall, nurses were positive about recruiting into the trial, particularly if the research area could benefit patients and if directly asked to take part.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Research in Nursing | ||||
| Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||
| ISSN: | 1744-9871 | ||||
| Official Date: | September 2009 | ||||
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| Volume: | 14 | ||||
| Number: | 5 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 439-447 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1177/1744987108098228 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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