U-CARE's PhD candidate Ella Thiblin participates in an international conference
PhD candidate Ella Thiblin participates in an international conference on research methods in Edinburgh. The photo was taken at a previous conference.
Starting today, U-CARE PhD candidate Ella Thiblin is participating in an international conference on research methods in Edinburgh, Scotland. During the conference, she will present a poster on the use of personal invitation letters for clinical trials.
The 'International Clinical Trials Methodology Conference 2024' runs for four days, and the Swedish Cancer Society has approved a travel grant for Ella Thiblin to participate.
What will you do at the conference?
– I will present a poster on a method exploring how to improve recruitment to clinical studies, says Ella Thiblin. It is generally difficult to recruit for clinical studies, especially when it comes to mental health. I will present how we worked with the recruitment of parents of children treated for cancer within the research project ENGAGE.
How did you carry out that recruitment?
– We conducted a so-called 'Study Within A Trial' (SWAT) where we compared study participants' willingness to participate in the study depending on whether they received a personalised or non-personalised invitation. One group of study participants was invited with personalised invitation letters, while another group was invited with non-personalised invitation letters.
How do you think other researchers can benefit from how you conducted the study?
– I want to show how one can carry out this type of method studies. In the long run, I hope it can lead to improved study procedures in clinical trials.
What are you most looking forward to?
– I look forward to learning more about different research methods. Hopefully, I can bring some insights to the studies we work with at U-CARE, concludes Ella Thiblin.
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About the conference
The International Clinical Trials Methodology Conference is an international conference on research methodology in clinical studies. This year's programme includes presentations on equality and diversity in clinical trials, decentralised trials and management of research data. The conference is organised by MRC-NIHR Trials Methodology Research Partnership.