Participant opinions of randomised controlled trials within intellectual disability services

摘要: OBJECTIVE: This study examined participants’ opinions and beliefs about Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs) in an intellectual disability context. BACKGROUND: RCTs this field require co-operation from various stakeholders, including carers professionals a variety of disciplines. However, previous research indicates that local stakeholders may have negative views regarding RCTs population, it be difficult for researchers to gain access participants. This is compounded by the potential problems surrounding communication with proportion service users. METHOD: The present builds upon RCT behaviour therapy intervention for people disability, which was situated within community based services one county South East England. Fifty-one individuals were interviewed; 11 paid carers, 7 family 6 adults mild intellectual disability, 27 health social care services. The interviews elicited opinions, decision-making processes relating to stakeholder experiences RCT. Data analysed through coding emergent categories into framework, evolved throughout analysis. RESULTS: data revealed RCTs were shaped several concerns. The most important these included following; continued ability access interventions, ethical concerns surrounding randomisation, perceptions of limited financial resources, problems involving consent. DISCUSSION: are ubiquitous clinical research, including psychiatry. they present difficulties participants intellectual disability. Good all essential ensure the successful conduct provides information academics clinicians who plan future research people who have disability. The findings used develop appropriate strategies assist recruitment disability, and increase stakeholders’ acceptance procedure.