Factors Influencing Women's Decision to Participate or Not in a Surgical Randomised Controlled Trial for Surgical Treatment of Female Stress Urinary Incontinence
Joint Authors
Mostafa, Alyaa
N'Dow, James
Abdel-Fattah, Mohamed
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-09-17
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The study aims to explore the potentially influential factors affecting women's decision to accept/decline participation in surgical randomised trial using a novel acceptance/refusal questionnaire (ARQ).
All women who were eligible to participate in SIMS-RCT were asked to complete the relevant section (acceptance/refusal) of the ARQ.
Women reported its degree of relevance for their decision on a six-point Likert scale (0 = highly irrelevant, 5 = highly relevant).
135 (98%) and 31 (70%) women completed the acceptance and refusal sections of the ARQ, respectively.
The most influencing factor in women’s acceptance was the anticipation of “potential personal benefit”; percentage of relevance (POR) was 91.9%, followed by interest in helping others by “supporting innovative medical research”; POR was 87.7%.
Most influencing factor in refusal for participation was “do not have time for follow-up”; POR was 56.8%, followed by “do not like the concept of randomisation”; POR was 54.4%.
In conclusion, this study identifies the most influential factors relevant to women decision-making whether or not to participate in RCTs assessing surgical interventions for female stress urinary incontinence (SUI).
A number of factors leading to refusal of participation are potentially correctable leading to better recruitment rates in future RCTs.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Mostafa, Alyaa& N'Dow, James& Abdel-Fattah, Mohamed. 2013. Factors Influencing Women's Decision to Participate or Not in a Surgical Randomised Controlled Trial for Surgical Treatment of Female Stress Urinary Incontinence. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1003374
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Mostafa, Alyaa…[et al.]. Factors Influencing Women's Decision to Participate or Not in a Surgical Randomised Controlled Trial for Surgical Treatment of Female Stress Urinary Incontinence. BioMed Research International No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1003374
American Medical Association (AMA)
Mostafa, Alyaa& N'Dow, James& Abdel-Fattah, Mohamed. Factors Influencing Women's Decision to Participate or Not in a Surgical Randomised Controlled Trial for Surgical Treatment of Female Stress Urinary Incontinence. BioMed Research International. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1003374
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1003374