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

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

Decision aids for people considering taking part in clinical trials

The authors would like to thank the Cochrane Consumers and Communication Group editors and staff, in particular Sandy Oliver and John Kis‐Rigo, for their help and assistance with this review. We would also like to thank Cynthia Fraser, based at the Health Services Research Unit (University of Aberdeen), for help with development, refinement and running of the search strategies and Graeme MacLennan (also based at the Health Services Research Unit) for statistical advice. We would like to thank Muhammad Omar (Managing Editor of the Cochrane Incontinence Group) and Steven MacLennan (Academic Urology Unit, University of Aberdeen) for advice regarding RevMan and GRADE softwPeer reviewedPublisher PD

The influence of early research experience in medical school on the decision to intercalate and future career in clinical academia : A questionnaire study

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