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Table 1 Key themes of the a priori framework, as they relate to the literature

From: Projection of participant recruitment to primary care research: a qualitative study

A priori thematic framework

Agras I

Agras II

Hunninghake I

Hunninghake II

Ederer

Collins

Weintraub

Protocol factors

       

Population and eligibility criteria

X

X

 

X

X

X

X

Recruitment methods used

 

X

X

X

 

X

 

Complexity, burden, attractiveness of protocol

   

X

  

X

Setting factors

       

Clinician equipoise

   

X

   

Priority of research and workload

X

  

X

 

X

 

Research culture and experience

  

X

X

   

Variation between practices

 

X

   

X

 

Changes in the clinical environment

      

X

Estimation

       

Choice and quality of data used

      

X

Over-optimism

    

X

X

X

Planning

       

Pilot work

X

 

X

  

X

 

Feasibility work

X

 

X

  

X

 

Projections

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Contingency

X

 

X

X

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