Optimizing Recruitment to Drive Equitable Research Opportunity in Stroke Rehabilitation Trials in Canada

"Participants randomized into ORDER will be approached by the Site Coordinator for interest in the host trial. The Coordinator will introduce the trial and share a brief, women-centred, aphasia-friendly, close-captioned video that further describes the trial procedures and an accompanying leaflet.~ORDER recruitment materials will be saved to a mobile tablet. The Coordinator will watch the video together with the potential participant, engage in discussion about the host trial and answer any questions they may have. The Coordinator will offer to leave the tablet with the potential participant, along with printed copies of the leaflet and participant information letter. The Coordinator will encourage them to share these materials with their family members, friends or member of their healthcare team who may assist with decision making. The Coordinator will return in the following days to address any further questions and determine the decision whether to enroll in the trial."

Participants randomized into the traditional recruitment process (TRAD) will be approached by the Site Coordinator for interest in the CAMAROS trial and presented with the standard participant information letter and full informed consent form. The information letter and consent form will be left with the potential participant to view again; the Coordinator will encourage them to share these materials with their family members or friends who may assist with decision making. The Coordinator will return in the following days to address any further questions and determine the decision whether to enroll in the trial.