Using a theory-informed approach to explore patient and staff perspectives on factors that influence clinical trial recruitment for patients with cirrhosis and small oesophageal varices

• Clair Le Boutillier ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: clair.le_boutillier@kcl.ac.uk

  Affiliation Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3665-0315

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• Claire Snowdon,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Vishal Patel,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Liver Studies, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, School of Immunology and Microbial Sciences, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom, The Roger Williams Institute of Hepatology London, Foundation for Liver Research, London, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6616-3628

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• Mark McPhail,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Liver Studies, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, School of Immunology and Microbial Sciences, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Christopher Ward,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation NIHR Clinical Research Network South London, London, United Kingdom

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• Ben Carter,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Ruhama Uddin,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Liver Studies, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

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• Ane Zamalloa,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration

  Affiliation Institute of Liver Studies, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

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• Vanessa Lawrence

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

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