Thread by @MarionKCampbell

Given the complexity of delivering clinical trials, they are a fertile ground to gain from #interdisciplinary thinking. For example, the field of trial #recruitment has already gained enormously from insights from other disciplinary approaches 1/7
#MethodologyMonday

A recent paper highlighted the use of #StatedPreference methods in this space. It showed aspects of trial design can affect recruitment 2/7

bmcmedresmethodol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

#StatedPreference methods eg discrete choice experiments are more commonly used by health economists to value and quantify aspects of health care but can be used to determine preference priorities in any domain 3/7

link.springer.com/article/10.216…

#BehaviouralScience methods have also been used to inform recruitment. Approaches such as the Theoretical Domains Framework have been used to diagnose recruitment barriers & introduce behaviour-informed interventions to help address them. 4/7
trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

#Business methods have also led to the development of a #Marketing approach & framework to maximising participation in trials showing that the different phases of a trial can influence participant engagement 5/7
trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

#Qualitative methods have also yielded useful insights and have underpinned the development of the #Quintet approach, now widely adopted across a range of trials. 6/7

trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

These examples show that collaborating across disciplinary boundaries and adopting wider #interdisciplinary approaches can majorly advance our thinking. We should routinely ask what insights from other disciplines may help 7/7