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Promoting Adherence And Retention To Clinical Trials In Special Populations: A Women's Health Initiative Workshop, Sara Wilcox, Sally Shumaker, Deborah Bowen, Michelle Naughton, Milagros Rosal, Shari Ludlam, Elizabeth Dugan, Julie Hunt, Stephanie Stevens
Promoting Adherence And Retention To Clinical Trials In Special Populations: A Women's Health Initiative Workshop, Sara Wilcox, Sally Shumaker, Deborah Bowen, Michelle Naughton, Milagros Rosal, Shari Ludlam, Elizabeth Dugan, Julie Hunt, Stephanie Stevens
Elizabeth Dugan
This paper describes a Women's Health Initiative workshop on promoting adherence and retention in randomized clinical trials among ethnic minority women, participants of lower socioeconomic status, and older women. Workshop objectives were: (1) to increase knowledge of demographic and cultural characteristics of diverse groups, (2) to increase awareness of how diversity can affect interactions in clinical research, (3) to explore how research staff behavior can influence adherence and retention, and (4) to increase knowledge of strategies to enhance adherence and retention in special populations. The workshop emphasized the importance of understanding beliefs, values, and experiences that are common in diverse …
Development Of Abbreviated Measures To Assess Patient Trust In A Physician, A Health Insurer, And The Medical Profession, Elizabeth Dugan, Felicia Trachtenberg, Mark Hall
Development Of Abbreviated Measures To Assess Patient Trust In A Physician, A Health Insurer, And The Medical Profession, Elizabeth Dugan, Felicia Trachtenberg, Mark Hall
Elizabeth Dugan
BACKGROUND: Despite the recent proliferation in research on patient trust, it is seldom a primary outcome, and is often a peripheral area of interest. The length of our original scales to measure trust may limit their use because of the practical needs to minimize both respondent burden and research cost. The objective of this study was to develop three abbreviated scales to measure trust in: (1) a physician, (2) a health insurer, and (3) the medical profession. METHODS: Data from two samples were used. The first was a telephone survey of English-speaking adults in the United States (N = 1117) …