title: SWAT 1: what effects do site visits by the principal investigator have on recruitment in a multicentre randomized trial?
abstract: The SWAT (Study Within A Trial) programme has been established to develop a series of studies that would embed research within research, so as to resolve uncertainties about the effects of different ways of designing, conducting, analyzing and interpreting evaluations of health and social care. It was described in an Education piece in the Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine in 2012. We have now prepared the first example of the design summary for a SWAT, using the template that will be used for other SWAT. This is presented in this article.
authors: School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
authors: Valerie
authors: V
authors: Smith
authors: Mike
authors: M
authors: Clarke
authors: Declan
authors: D
authors: Devane
authors: Cecily
authors: C
authors: Begley
authors: Gillian
authors: G
authors: Shorter
authors: Lisa
authors: L
authors: Maguire
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D018579:Patient Selection; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012108:Research Personnel
keywords: Multicentre randomized trial; recruitment; study within a trial (SWAT)