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Background

Clinician related factors have been implicated as important reasons for low rates of recruitment to randomised controlled trials (RCTs). Clinicians can experience discomfort with some underlying principles of RCTs and experience difficulties in conveying them positively to potential trial participants. Recruiter training has been suggested to address identified problems but a synthesis of this research is lacking. We therefore systematically reviewed the available evidence on training interventions for RCT recruiters.

Method

Studies that evaluated training programmes for trial recruiters were included. Those that provided only general communication training not linked to RCT recruitment were excluded. Data extraction and quality assessment were completed by two reviewers independently.

Results

15 studies from 7,337 potentially eligible titles and abstracts were included in the review: three RCTs, three non …