Why don’t women participate? A qualitative study on non-participation in a surgical randomised controlled trial

摘要

Introduction and hypothesis The objective of the study was to identify reasons why women declined participation in a pilot randomised controlled trial (RCT) comparing tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) under general anaesthetic (GA) with single incision sling (SIS) under local anaesthetic (LA). These data would inform the design of a larger trial to improve patient recruitment.