Shariq et al's scoping review on barriers & facilitators in the recruitment of people with a disability draws on 5 themes Risk v benefit Design & management of recruitment protocol Internal & external validity Consent & ethics Systemic factors #MethodologyMonday pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

💬 Viewpoint: Federal bans on terms related to diversity, equity, and inclusion limit effective patient-clinician communication, impede health care research, and challenge the delivery of patient-centered care. ja.ma/4juoezG

🚨Just launched: OPTIMISE recommendations to help ensure consent processes in trials are more inclusive of people with communication and/or decision-making needs ⬇️download recommendations ℹ️links to examples & info 🎦recorded webinar ↔️other resources 🔗https://www.capacityconsentresearch.com/optimise

Key concepts series: Estimands: what they are and why we should use them - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...

What drives willingness to participate in health research? Led by our #PhD student Zara Kayani, participation and consent to data linkage varies across demographic groups. Inclusive recruitment strategies are essential to engage underserved communities. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Retrospective use of the PRECIS-2 trial design tool to assess design choices in randomised controlled trials; An empirical review - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...

📣 Our @streweek.bsky.social is lead author on an editorial in #Trials outlining a new mandate in the journal - mandating the reporting of six key participant characteristics in any protocol/trial report submitted to Trials on or after 1st Jan 2026. 1/2 trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Fantastic to see Prof Frances Shiely, our Director of Education, highlighting the great work of the SENSITISE @sensitise-eu.bsky.social project on Newstalk with Pat Kenny. Take a listen: www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...

📢 Our new review on #LongCovid: 50 studies, 14M+ people. COVID linked to ↑ risk in 39/40 symptoms. Top risks (likelihood compared to controls): 👃 Smell loss (4.3x) 👅 Taste loss (3.7x) 🧠 Brain fog (2.7x) 💇 Hair loss (2.4x) 🏥 Hospitalised = higher risk 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s414... @arc-em.bsky.social

Use of the pragmatic-explanatory continuum indicator summary tool in low- and middle-income country settings: Systematic review - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...

To kick off #MethodologyMonday in May, we bring you a poignant article by the Editors in Chief of the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. They address the “elephant in the room”, the upheaval of the global evidence research eco-systems pursued by the US administration. www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...

Our PhD student is interested in hearing from less heard voices on their views on health research and how we can be more inclusive. Please do share and if you can help do get in touch with Zara via the details below. CC co-supervisor @andyw123.bsky.social

🇪🇺 Clinical trials are the gold standard for demonstrating the benefits of medical innovation, including anti-cancer treatments, but many EU patients face barriers to access. 👇Read the article on equitable access to cancer #clinicaltrials in #Eurohealth: tinyurl.com/EHcancerdial... #CancerResearch

KLAXON 🚨: Indie SAGE has come out of retirement to release a new short report standing up for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the sciences! DEI is not just the right thing to do, it *improves* the quality of the science. Please read and share. independentsage.org/wp-content/u... 1/2

Measuring the environmental impact of health interventions in randomised controlled trials – a scoping review - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...

📣 The EU has launched a new map of #ClinicalTrials. Thanks to this new tool patients will be able to locate trials for potential enrolment in their area. Read more about this map 🗺️ www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/new-...

www.heec.co.uk/resource/sev... 7 High impact interventions to address health inequalities- many interface with primary care with community and peer supported interventions necessary to close the health literacy and self-advocacy gap. #PrimaryCare #GeneralPractice

Viewpoint discusses the challenges of implementing findings from pragmatic clinical trials in health care systems. https://ja.ma/4gvoewT

Thoughts and feedback from users of the PRECIS-2 trial design tool, and our thoughts on what might change for its next update. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I'm pretty new to Bluesky and haven't found all the trials methods researchers yet! Trying to bring us all together in one place for others to find & fill my feed with all things trials. Please feel free to share and let me know if you'd like added. go.bsky.app/AsP6Yta