Theory-guided interviews identified behavioral barriers and enablers to healthcare professionals recruiting participants to maternity trials

Acknowledgments We would like to thank all the truly heroic maternity healthcare providers who gave up their time during the height of the pandemic to contribute to this study.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Using a behavioural approach to explore the factors that affect questionnaire return within a clinical trial : a qualitative study based on the Theoretical Domains Framework

Funding This research is funded by the Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government’s Health and Social Care Department (HIPS/16/46). KG held a Medical Research Council UK Methodology Fellowship during the delivery of this project (MR/L01193X/1). The Health Services Research Unit, Institute of Applied Health Sciences (University of Aberdeen), is core-funded by the Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates. The funders had no involvement in study design, collection, analysis and interpretation of data, reporting or the decision to publish. in a recent paper. Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank the patients for volunteering their time to participate in this study and to Rebecca Bruce and Karen Innes for facilitating recruitment.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

A qualitative process evaluation within a clinical trial that used healthcare technologies for children with asthma : insights and implications

Open Access via the PLOS Agreement Funding: The study was supported by a grant awarded by the National Institute for Health Research (Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation programme; reference 15–18–14). Circassia Ltd supplied 16 NIOX VERO® machines and associated consumables in support of the study. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Development of a co-designed behaviour change intervention aimed at healthcare professionals recruiting to clinical trials in maternity care

Acknowledgements We would like to thank all of the stakeholders who generously and freely gave up their time during the COVID-19 pandemic to contribute to this study. Funding The Health Research Board—Trial Methodology Research Network (Ireland) funded this doctoral study. The funders had no involvement in study design, collection, analysis, and interpretation of the data; reporting; or the decision to publish.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Behavioural approaches to recruitment and retention in clinical trials : a systematic mapping review

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Challenges and opportunities for conducting pre-hospital trauma trials : a behavioural investigation

Acknowledgements We would like to thank the participants for dedicating their time to be interviewed. We extend our thanks to Claire Cochran for facilitating recruitment. Funding LL was supported by a Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund award (reference RG13793-49). The Health Services Research Unit, Institute of Applied Health Sciences (University of Aberdeen), is core-funded by the Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates. The funders had no involvement in the study design, collection, analysis, and interpretation of data, reporting, or the decision to publish.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Barriers and enablers to the effective implementation of robotic assisted surgery

Acknowledgements We thank the participants - specialty leads, surgeons, scrub nurses, the anaesthetist, policy makers/commissioners and industry representatives - for their time, energy and invaluable insight to assist this research. We also thank Jared Torkington, Arul Immanuel, and Richard Kerr for providing a clinical review of the work prior to submission. Funding: MKC and DB were funded via an unrestricted grant (https://www.intuitive.com/en-gb) awarded by Intuitive Surgical (European Research Board). The funder had no role in the conception, design, conduct, analysis, or interpretation of the study.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

The effects of adult ageing and culture on the tower of London task

This work was supported by Newton Fund Institutional Links grant ID: 331745333, under Newton-Ungku Omar Fund partnership to LP. The grant is funded by the United Kingdom Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT) and delivered by the British Council. For further information, please visit www.newtonfund.ac.uk. Data Availability Statement The original contributions presented in the study are included in the article/supplementary material, further inquiries can be directed to the corresponding author/s.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Current issues and future considerations for the wider implementation of robotic-assisted surgery : a qualitative study

Acknowledgments We thank the participants for their time, energy and invaluable insight to assist this research. Thanks to Clare Robertson for facilitating the public focus group. Funding This work was supported by Intuitive Surgical (European Research Board) via an unrestricted grant.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Behavioural optimisation to address trial conduct challenges : case study in the UK-REBOA trial

Acknowledgements We thank the UK-REBOA site staf for dedicating their time to be interviewedPeer reviewedPublisher PD