Table 1 QRI sample, data set and feedback sessions

From: Enabling recruitment success in bariatric surgical trials: pilot phase of the By-Band-Sleeve study

Sample and data collection

Center A, n

Center B, n

Trial management group members, n

Total

Staff interviews

 Sample: everyone involved in patient pathway and/or trial design

5 (2 surgeons, 1 endocrinologist, 1 bariatric nurse, 1 dietitian)

6 (3 surgeons, 2 pre-assessment nurses, 1 dietitian)

7 (1 surgeon-CI, 1 study lead each for nutrition, health economics, methodology, statistics, epidemiology, patient/public involvement)

18

 Interviewed

4 (all of sample except dietitian)

6 (all of sample)

2 (CI and nutrition lead)

12

Audio recordings of appointments a

Feedback 1

Feedback 2

Feedback 1

Feedback 2b

—

 

 Sample: recordings available

28

19

24

36

 

90

 Recordings analyzed

22

19

24

19

 

84a

Non-participant observations

      

 Appointments

15

—

4

  

19

 Education day

1

—

—

—

—

1

Feedback sessions

1 Group

3 Individuals

1 Group

2 Individuals

1 Group

3 Individuals

—

2 Individuals

—

3 Groups

10 Individuals

  1. Abbreviations: CI, chief investigator; QRI, qualitative research integrated in trials (QuinteT) recruitment intervention.
  2. aNumbers provided are of patients. Each patient saw 2–5 health-care professionals; total number of recordings analyzed was therefore upward of 168 (84 × 2).
  3. bCenter B’s second feedback session only involved individual feedback to two recruiters as the center was recruiting well; one new research nurse (n=12) and one surgeon, who had particular concerns regarding consent rates/withdrawals in two specific clinics (n=7), and all the relevant recordings were analyzed (n=19).
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