Reducing attrition within clinical trials: The communication of retention and withdrawal within patient information leaflets

Anna Kearney; Anna Rosala- Hallas; Naomi Bacon; Anne Daykin; Alison R. G. Shaw; Athene J. Lane; Jane M. Blazeby; Mike Clarke; Paula R. Williamson; Carrol Gamble

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0204886

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Reducing attrition within clinical trials: The communication of retention and withdrawal within patient information leaflets

Anna Kearney ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: a.kearney@liv.ac.uk.

Affiliation North West Hub for Trials Methodology Research/ Clinical Trial Research Centre, Biostatistics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1404-3370

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Anna Rosala- Hallas,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Clinical Trial Research Centre, Biostatistics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Naomi Bacon,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Clinical Trial Research Centre, Biostatistics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Anne Daykin,

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation ConDuCT-II Hub for Trials Methodology Research, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Alison R. G. Shaw,

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation ConDuCT-II Hub for Trials Methodology Research, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Athene J. Lane,

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation ConDuCT-II Hub for Trials Methodology Research, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Jane M. Blazeby,

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation ConDuCT-II Hub for Trials Methodology Research, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Mike Clarke,

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Public Health, Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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Paula R. Williamson,

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation North West Hub for Trials Methodology Research/ Clinical Trial Research Centre, Biostatistics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Carrol Gamble

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation North West Hub for Trials Methodology Research/ Clinical Trial Research Centre, Biostatistics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Reducing attrition within clinical trials: The communication of retention and withdrawal within patient information leaflets

Anna Kearney,
Anna Rosala- Hallas,
Naomi Bacon,
Anne Daykin,
Alison R. G. Shaw,
Athene J. Lane,
Jane M. Blazeby,
Mike Clarke,
Paula R. Williamson,
Carrol Gamble

Published: October 31, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0204886

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