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http://hdl.handle.net/1893/22315| Appears in Collections: | Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport Journal Articles |
| Peer Review Status: | Refereed |
| Title: | The PRECIS-2 tool: Designing trials that are fit for purpose |
| Author(s): | Loudon, Kirsty Treweek, Shaun Sullivan, Frank Donnan, Peter T Thorpe, Kevin E Zwarenstein, Merrick |
| Contact Email: | kirsty.loudon@stir.ac.uk |
| Issue Date: | May-2015 |
| Date Deposited: | 9-Oct-2015 |
| Citation: | Loudon K, Treweek S, Sullivan F, Donnan PT, Thorpe KE & Zwarenstein M (2015) The PRECIS-2 tool: Designing trials that are fit for purpose. BMJ, 350, Art. No.: h2147. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h2147 |
| Abstract: | PRECIS is a tool to help trialists make design decisions consistent with the intended purpose of their trial. This paper gives guidance on how to use an improved, validated version, PRECIS-2, which has been developed with the help of over 80 international trialists, clinicians, and policymakers. Keeping the original simple wheel format, PRECIS-2 has nine domains-eligibility criteria, recruitment, setting, organisation, flexibility (delivery), flexibility (adherence), follow-up, primary outcome, and primary analysis-scored from 1 (very explanatory) to 5 (very pragmatic) to facilitate domain discussion and consensus. It is hoped PRECIS-2 will be valuable in supporting the explicit matching of design decisions to how the trial results are intended to be used |
| DOI Link: | 10.1136/bmj.h2147 |
| Rights: | This article is open-access. Open access publishing allows free access to and distribution of published articles where the author retains copyright of their work by employing a Creative Commons attribution licence. Proper attribution of authorship and correct citation details should be given. No commercial reuse |
| Licence URL(s): | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
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