(1) Community Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, 20 W Richmond Street, Edinburgh, UK;(2) Community Health Sciences, University of Dundee, Mackenzie Building, Kirsty Semple Way, Dundee, UK
Abstract:
Background
It is notoriously difficult to recruit patients to randomised controlled trials in primary care. This is particularly true when the disease process under investigation occurs relatively infrequently and must be investigated during a brief time window.