Remote follow up data collection
Once you leave the hospital you will not be contacted by the study team, unless you are asked to complete the questionnaire (see next paragraph). If you are in the aspirin group, you will be expected to take all the tablets provided without receiving reminders from the study team. The study team will provide you with a diary which you can use to help you keep track of this.
Information about you will be collected through databases remotely and the research team will not need to contact you directly. We will collect information about any hospital admissions that may have happened during your time on the study. We may also look at historical hospital admissions data to be certain that any recorded diagnoses are “new” diagnoses.
To be part of the study you will have to consent to give the research team permission to collect this information from NHS databases, including NHS digital care records.
Questionnaires (the first 2,000 participants only)
The central study team will contact the first 2,000 participants to ask them to complete a questionnaire 3 months after joining the study. The questionnaire can be completed online, or by phone or on paper for participants that don’t have access to the internet. It will take roughly 15 minutes to complete.
The questionnaire will ask about whether you have had any hospital admissions and whether the aspirin has been taken as prescribed.