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Early experience with an opt-in research register - Scottish Health Research Register (SHARE): a multi-method evaluation of participant recruitment performance

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-021-01479-4

Published Online: 2021-12-20

Published Print: 2021-12

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Authors

Shi, Wen http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8912-7697
Vasishta, Shobna

Dow, Louise

Cavellini, Daniella

Palmer, Colin

McKinstry, Brian

Sullivan, Frank
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Article History

Received: 7 June 2021

Accepted: 28 November 2021

First Online: 20 December 2021

Declarations

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: The study obtained ethics approval from School of Medicine Ethics Committee, acting on behalf of the University of St Andrews’s Teaching and Research Ethics Committee. (Ref: MD14780) The participant information sheet and the survey questionnaire were also approved by the Committee.The form of consent used in this study was approved by the ethics committee. Researchers were notified through the participant information sheet at first contact. They were also notified both at the beginning and the end of the online survey that they would be giving consent by clicking the ‘submit’ button on the last page. (Additional file InternalRef removed for details) Consent was given upon submission of the survey.This study did not involve participants under 16 years old.

: Not applicable.

: WS has no competing interests in this research. SV, LD, and DC are current employees who work for SHARE. CP, BM, and FS are members of the SHARE Studies Access Committee.

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