COPE – Decliners

Exploring Orthopaedic Trauma Patient’s Reasons for Declining to Participate in a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Trial

McMaster Led

PI: Jason Busse, Sheila Sprague

Local PI: Herman Johal

Project Coordinator: Jodi Gallant gallaj4@mcmaster.ca

Status: 3- Recruiting

Recruitment Start Date: February 2021

Recruitment End Date: TBD

Objective: To explore patients’ reasons for declining to participate in the COPE trial. To explore patients’ personal experiences, attitudes, and beliefs regarding CBT, mental health therapy, and clinical research.

Funding Received: N/A

Anatomical Location: Open and closed fractures of the appendicular skeleton.