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Parental Enrollment Decision-Making for a Neonatal Clinical Trial
- Source :
- J Pediatr
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- To describe the parental experience of recruitment and assess differences between parents who participated and those who declined to enroll in a neonatal clinical trial.This was a survey conducted at 12 US neonatal intensive care units of parents of infants who enrolled in the High-dose Erythropoietin for Asphyxia and encephaLopathy (HEAL) trial or who were eligible but declined enrollment. Questions assessed 6 factors of the parental experience of recruitment: (1) interactions with research staff; (2) the consent experience; (3) perceptions of the study; (4) decisional conflict; (5) reasons for/against participation; and (6) timing of making the enrollment decision.In total, 269 of 387 eligible parents, including 183 of 242 (75.6%) of those who enrolled their children in HEAL and 86 of 145 (59.3%) parents who declined to enroll their children in HEAL, were included in analysis. Parents who declined to enroll more preferred to be approached by clinical team members rather than by research team members (72.9% vs 49.2%, P = .005). Enrolled parents more frequently reported positive initial impressions (54.9% vs 10.5%, P .001). Many parents in both groups made their decision early in the recruitment process. Considerations of reasons for/against participation differed by enrollment status.Understanding how parents experience recruitment, and how this differs by enrollment status, may help researchers improve recruitment processes for families and increase enrollment. The parental experience of recruitment varied by enrollment status. These findings can guide future work aiming to inform optimal recruitment strategies for neonatal clinical trials.
- Subjects :
- Asphyxia
Clinical team
Parents
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Patient Selection
Decision Making
Infant, Newborn
Infant
Decisional conflict
Article
Clinical trial
Cross-Sectional Studies
Family medicine
Intensive care
Intensive Care Units, Neonatal
Surveys and Questionnaires
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
medicine
Humans
medicine.symptom
business
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10976833
- Volume :
- 239
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Journal of pediatrics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2bc714d51f5e2b25598d4391dab3ac69