SMS text pre-notification and delivery of reminder e-mails to increase response rates to postal questionnaires in the SUSPEND trial : a factorial design, randomised controlled trial

Acknowledgements SUSPEND was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme (project 80/71/01) and will be published in full in Health Technology Assessment. The Health Services Research Unit of the University of Aberdeen is funded in part by the Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates. The views and opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Chief Scientist Office, HTA programme, NIHR, National Health Service, or Department of Health. The authors thank the SUSPEND staff and participants, without whom this study would not have been possible.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Women’s Preferences for Communication with the Cervical Screening Programme : A Qualitative Study

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This research took place in the University of Aberdeen and NHS Grampian, Aberdeen, UK. We are grateful to the women who participated in our study and the NHS staff at the Women's Day Clinic in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary for their support. Funding was obtained from NHS Grampian Endowment fund for summer studentship.Peer reviewedPostprin

The relative importance of information items and preferred mode of delivery when disseminating results from trials to participants : a mixed methods study

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The authors would like to thank Suzanne Breeman, Lynda Constable and David Emele, who identified eligible participants from the VUE and PROSPECT trials; Andrea Fraser and Janice Cruden for their help preparing the mail-merge documents for the invitation packs; and Rosemary Humphreys and Sandra Jayacodi for their valuable feedback on the first drafts of the patient information leaflets and ranking exercises. This study was conducted as a Masters of Public Health research project (Jessica Wood) at the University of Aberdeen with funding provided through the School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition. Katie Gillies was supported by an Academy of Medical Sciences (SBF002\1014) award and a Medical Research Council Fellowship (MR/L01193X/1). The Health Services Research Unit is core-funded by the Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates (CZU/3/3). The views and opinions expressed therein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the funders. Open access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL. Open Access via UoA Wiley Agreement Article Funding Open access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Information needs of young women vaccinated against HPV attending colposcopy : a qualitative study

Acknowledgements The University of Aberdeen and Aberdeen Royal Infirmary for the opportunity to undertake research at an undergraduate level. We are grateful to all the women who took part in this study. Funding The University of Aberdeen provides a small sum of money to support medical students carrying out research projects but was not involved in the design of the study, data collection, analysis and interpretation or writing the manuscript. AY attended the University of Aberdeen at the time this study was undertaken.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Analysis of patient information leaflets (PILs), used in clinical trials using the Informed Consent Evaluation instrument (ICEi)

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Exploring Opinions and Concerns about the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine on a United Kingdom Online Discussion Forum

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Patient reported measures of informed consent for clinical trials : A systematic review

Funding: This work was supported by personal fellowship award (to KG - MR/L01193X/1) from the Medical Research Council’s Strategic Skills Methodology programme (https://www.mrc.ac.uk/). The Health Services Research Unit is supported by a core grant from the Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates (http://www.cso.scot.nhs.uk/). This funding supported MKC. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Normative data for the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale

Acknowledgments The authors would like to thank all those involved in the EpiFunD study for their role in collecting the data used in this study, particularly the principal investigators Gary Macfarlane (University of Aberdeen) and John McBeth (Keele University, and the University of Manchester) who allowed use of the EpiFunD dataset. The EpiFunD study was funded by Arthritis Research UK (formerly the Arthritis Research Campaign), Grant Number: 17552.Peer reviewedPostprin

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

Relative importance of informational items in Participant Information Leaflets for trials : a Q-Methodology approach

Acknowledgements: The authors would like to thank the stakeholders who participated in the study for their time. Funding: This work was supported by personal fellowship award (to KG) from the Medical Research Council Strategic Skills Methodology Fellowship (MRC MR/ L01193X/1). KI and SC were supported by awards from the National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment Programme (HTA ref 14/192/71, HTA ref 11/58/15). The Health Services Research Unit is supported by a core grant from the Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates.Peer reviewedPublisher PD