Barriers and facilitators to patient recruitment to a cluster randomized controlled trial in primary care: lessons for future trials

Table 3 GPs responses to patient recruitment barrier questionnaire items

	Recruiter GPs N=37	Non-recruiter GPs N=5	p-value*
I intended to approach patients	6.1 ± 1.2	5.4 ± 0.9	0.128
I did not see any patients who would have been eligible	2.1 ± 1.6	3.8 ± 2.3	0.073
It was helpful to put a poster or other recruitment material in my practice waiting room	5.3 ± 1.7	3.8 ± 1.3	0.083
I forgot to approach patients with asthma to participate	2.7 ± 1.3	1.8 ± 0.4	0.133
I approached patients with asthma to participate but they were not interested	4.3 ± 1.6	5.4 ± 1.3	0.193
I screened patients with asthma but they were not eligible	5.0 ± 1.3	6.0 ± 1.0	0.128
Participating took more time than I expected	4.7 ± 1.7	5.6 ± 1.9	0.286

All Mean ± SD; All questions included the words “In/for the MICA study” and were scored: 7 = strongly agree, 1 = strongly disagree; *Mann–Whitney U test.

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