Table 6.
Results of phase 3 questionnaire assessing acceptability of interventions
| Questions | Intervention deliverers: trial staff (n = 9) group median |
Intervention receivers/regulators: trial participants and REC members (n = 9) group median |
|---|---|---|
| Improving retention of participants in clinical trials is something I care about | Strongly agree | |
| I have a role to play in helping to improving retention of participants in clinical trials | Strongly agree | |
| Motivational information | ||
|
How likely is the intervention will improve retention? (TFA construct: perceived effectiveness) |
Somewhat likely | Extremely likely |
|
How do you feel about delivering/receiving the intervention? (TFA construct: affective attitude) |
Strongly likely | Likely |
|
How much effort would be required to deliver/engage with the intervention? (TFA construct: burden) |
Some effort | A little effort |
|
Do you think delivering/engaging with this intervention would interfere with other things you need to do? (TFA construct: opportunity cost) |
Disagree | Slightly |
|
How confident are you that you will be able to deliver/engage with this intervention? (TFA construct: self-efficacy) |
Very | Confident |
|
Is it clear to you how the intervention would be delivered and received/how it might encourage participants to improve questionnaire return or clinic attendance? (TFA construct: intervention coherence) |
Clear to very clear | Somewhat |
|
How likely is it that you would use this intervention in practice? (TFA construct: intervention coherence) |
Very likely | – |
|
Do you think it will be ethical to use this intervention? (TFA construct: ethicality) |
– | Strongly Agree |
| Goal setting | ||
|
How likely is the intervention will improve retention? (TFA construct: perceived effectiveness) |
Somewhat likely | Likely |
|
How do you feel about delivering/receiving the intervention? (TFA construct: affective attitude) |
Likely | Likely |
|
How much effort would be required to deliver/engage with the intervention? (TFA construct: burden) |
A lot of effort | Huge effort |
|
Do you think delivering this intervention would interfere with other things you need to do? (TFA construct: opportunity cost) |
No opinion | Moderately |
|
How confident are you that you will be able to deliver/engage with this intervention? (TFA construct: self-efficacy) |
Somewhat | Confident |
|
Is it clear to you how the intervention would be delivered and received and how it would work to improve questionnaire return or clinic attendance? (TFA construct: intervention coherence) |
Somewhat unclear/clear | Somewhat |
|
How likely is it that you would use this intervention in practice? (TFA construct: intervention coherence) |
Likely | – |
|
Do you think it will be ethical to use this intervention? (TFA construct: ethicality) |
– | Agree |
– = question not asked to this group