The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust’s ‘More and Better Research’ event, organised by The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust Research & Innovation Team took place on 30th April.
During the event we decided to test the effects of chocolate consumption by hosting a randomised chocolate Trial. The randomised chocolate trial enabled us to engage with Trust staff and delegates to see if:
- Eating white or milk chocolate improved wellbeing?
- Taking part in the trial increased their awareness of clinical trials?
We attracted 56 recruits on the day and were able to highlight the importance of research in healthcare and to help participants to gain a better understanding of how clinical trials work. The experience also helped participants to see how it feels from the other side when patients are asked to participate in trials for new treatments.
It is known that getting patients to enrol in clinical trials can be a challenge for a number of reasons, such as the ‘fear of the unknown’ or having to read through lots of information and understand what it’s all about. The participants of our randomised chocolate trial acknowledged these feelings when asked to take part in the trial and saw the volume of information to digest and forms to complete!
On the whole our randomised chocolate trial was some light hearted and tasty relief for delegates attending the event and helped to show case how the library supports research in the NHS.
A big thank you to all of those who participated in the trial 🙂
You can find the full results here.
For further information about our randomised chocolate trial, or to find out how the library can support your research project, please contact a member of the MY library team, who will be happy to help.
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