title: Randomised controlled trials in Irish general practice.
abstract: There have been a limited number of randomised controlled trials carried out in Irish general practice. This paper presents an overview of the particular issues involved, based on a recently completed randomised controlled trial of diabetes shared care. Study design, ethical considerations, practice and patient related factors including recruitment and barriers to participation and the role of parallel economic and qualitative analyses are considered with a view to informing future study design.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Trinity College Centre for Health Sciences, Incorporating The National Childrens Hospital, Tallaght 24, Dublin. susmith@tcd.ie
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000628:therapy*; D005194:Family Practice; D006801:Humans; D007494:Ireland; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*