title: The preferences of 600 patients for different descriptions of randomisation.
abstract: A total of 600 patients from cancer centres throughout the UK identified their most preferred and most disliked descriptions of randomisation found in current patient information sheets and websites. The CancerBACUP description, which describes both the process of randomisation and why it is done, was most preferred 151 out of 533 (28%) patients. The NCI description was viewed as overly technical and most disliked 185 out of 483 (38%) patients.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Research UK Psychosocial Oncology Group, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, University of Sussex, Falmer, East Sussex, BN1 9QG, UK. val@sussex.ac.uk
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jenkins
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fallowfield
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cox
mesh_terms: D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011897:Random Allocation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
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