Recruiting Participants for Community-Based Research

Schoenfeld, Elinor; Greene, Judith M.; Wu, Suh‐Yuh; O’Leary, Erin; Forte, Francine; Leske, M. C.

doi:10.1016/s1047-2797(00)00067-3

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“…The recruitment strategy used evidence‐based techniques for hard to reach and minority groups: culturally sensitive study materials, multiple recruitment strategies and incentives 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43. Two recruitment strategies were assessed: recruitment from general practice registers and by a community outreach strategy.…”

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Alcohol and disadvantaged men: A feasibility trial of an intervention delivered by mobile phone

Crombie

Irvine

Falconer

et al. 2017

Drug and Alcohol Review

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Introduction and AimsDisadvantaged men suffer substantial harm from heavy drinking. This feasibility study developed and evaluated the methods for a trial of a brief intervention delivered by text messages to disadvantaged men. It aimed to test the methods for recruitment and retention, to monitor engagement with the intervention and assess the overall acceptability of study methods.Design and MethodsDisadvantaged men aged 25–44 years who had ≥2 episodes of binge drinking (≥8 units in one session) in the preceding month were recruited. Two recruitment strategies were assessed: recruitment from general practice registers and by a community outreach strategy. Theoretically and empirically based text messages were tailored to the target group.ResultsThe study recruited 67 disadvantaged men at high risk of alcohol‐related harm, exceeding the target of 60. Evaluation showed that 95% of text messages were delivered, and the men engaged enthusiastically with the intervention. Retention at follow up was 96%. Outcomes were successfully measured on all men followed up. This provided data for the sample size calculation for the full trial. Post‐study evaluation showed high levels of satisfaction with the study.Discussion and ConclusionsThis study has shown that disadvantaged men can be recruited and follow‐up data obtained in an alcohol intervention study. The study methods were acceptable to the participants. The men recruited were at high risk of alcohol‐related harms. It also clarified ways in which the recruitment strategy, the baseline questionnaire and the intervention could be improved. The full trial is currently underway. [Crombie IK, Irvine L, Falconer DW, Williams B, Ricketts IW, Jones C, Humphris G, Norrie J, Slane P, Rice P. Alcohol and disadvantaged men: A feasibility trial of an intervention delivered by mobile phone. Drug Alcohol Rev 2017;36:468‐476]

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Alcohol and disadvantaged men: A feasibility trial of an intervention delivered by mobile phone

Crombie

Irvine

Falconer

et al. 2017

Drug and Alcohol Review

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“…Indeed, it is the dominant preoccupation of many trialists. For example, the Diabetic Retinopathy Awareness Program study 81 undertook many initiatives to recruit volunteers and concluded that "these experiences substantiate the need for a comprehensive coordinated approach, using planned sources, to achieve recruitment success".…”

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Recruitment to randomised trials: strategies for trial enrolment and participation study. The STEPS study

Campbell

Snowdon²,

Francis³

et al. 2007

Health Technol Assess

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“…However, although ETDRS photography and grading provide a reliable and proven method of documentation and assessment of DR-related fundus alterations, it is a time-consuming examination requiring skilled photographers and pharmacological pupil dilation. The complexity of this single examination might be one of the reasons why only an estimated 60% of the diabetic population in the USA receives recommended annual eye screenings [7]. …”

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Nonmydriatic Ultra-Wide-Field Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscopy (Optomap) versus Two-Field Fundus Photography in Diabetic Retinopathy

Liegl

Ćeklić

et al. 2013

Ophthalmologica

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the diagnostic properties of a 2-laser wavelength nonmydriatic 200° ultra-wide-field scanning laser ophthalmoscope (SLO) versus mydriatic 2-field 45° color fundus photography (EURODIAB standard) for assessing diabetic retinopathy (DR). A total of 143 consecutive eyes of patients with different levels of DR were graded regarding DR level and macular edema based on 2-field color photographs or 1 Optomap Panoramic 200 SLO image. All SLO images were nonmydriatic and all photographs mydriatic. Grading was performed masked to patient and clinical data. Based on photography, 20 eyes had no DR, 44 had mild, 18 moderate and 42 severe nonproliferative DR, and 19 eyes had proliferative DR. Overall correlation for grading DR level compared to Optomap SLO was moderate with kappa 0.54 (p < 0.001), fair-to-moderate in macular edema grading with kappa 0.39 (p < 0.001), and substantial for grading clinically significant macular edema (kappa 0.77). The wide-field SLO offers a wider field of view and can potentially better differentiate lesions by applying the 2 laser wavelengths. However, these advantages over 2-field fundus photography need to be confirmed in further studies.

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Recruiting Participants for Community-Based Research

Cited by 31 publications

References 22 publications

Alcohol and disadvantaged men: A feasibility trial of an intervention delivered by mobile phone

Alcohol and disadvantaged men: A feasibility trial of an intervention delivered by mobile phone

Recruitment to randomised trials: strategies for trial enrolment and participation study. The STEPS study

Nonmydriatic Ultra-Wide-Field Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscopy (Optomap) versus Two-Field Fundus Photography in Diabetic Retinopathy

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