… sending out an SMS: an impact and outcome evaluation of the Western Australian Department of Health's 2005 chlamydia campaign

Wilkins, Alexa; Mak, Donna B

doi:10.1071/he07113

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“…Table 2 lists details about the clinical trials and the applied recruitment strategies. Monetary incentives were the most common means of engaging adolescents, particularly in research involving chronic conditions such as hypertension, for which patients and families may not be actively seeking medical care [3,4,15–21,24–32]. In studies with school-based recruitment sites, monetary awards were one of the strongest motivating factors [3,27].…”

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“…In post-campaign surveys, participants acknowledged that the messages prompted them to think about chlamydia and show the text to their friends, while sparking discussions about sexually transmitted infections. Despite the slight annoyance, they admitted that text message advertising was a useful marketing tool because “Everyone has a mobile telephone [and] everyone reads their [texts].” This group also found that radio and television advertisements were successful in establishing awareness of the seriousness and prevalence of chlamydia among their teenaged, media-friendly target audience [21]. …”

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“…Several groups found excellent retention (74%–100%) in follow-up visits by offering compensation to patients who continued participation [3,4,15,16,18–21,25,27,28,30–32]. Examples of incentives included railway passes, movie gift certificates, school credit, and retail store gift vouchers to encourage participants to return for clinic visits or to partake in post-study focus groups [3,4,15,16,18,24,25,27–30,32,36].…”

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“…Although such initiatives spark some initial interest they are usually insufficient to lead to effective recruitment [3,4,15–21]. Thus, more patient-friendly approaches are needed.…”

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Challenging Recruitment of Youth With Type 2 Diabetes Into Clinical Trials

Nguyen

Jayadeva

Cizza

et al. 2014

Journal of Adolescent Health

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Purpose To better understand and overcome difficulties with recruitment of adolescents with type 2 diabetes into clinical trials at three United States institutions, we reviewed recruitment and retention strategies in clinical trials of youth with various chronic conditions. We explored whether similar strategies might be applicable to pediatric patients with type 2 diabetes. Methods We compiled data on recruitment and retention of adolescents with type 2 diabetes at three centers (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; and Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC) from January 2009 to December 2011. We also conducted a thorough literature review on recruitment and retention in adolescents with chronic health conditions. Results The number of recruited patients was inadequate for timely completion of ongoing trials. Our review of recruitment strategies in adolescents included monetary and material incentives, technology-based advertising, word-of-mouth referral, and continuous patient–research team contact. Cellular or Internet technology appeared promising in improving participation among youths in studies of various chronic conditions and social behaviors. Conclusions Adolescents with type 2 diabetes are particularly difficult to engage in clinical trials. Monetary incentives and use of technology do not represent “magic bullets,” but may presently be the most effective tools. Future studies should be conducted to explore motivation in this population. We speculate that (1) recruitment into interventional trials that address the main concerns of the affected youth (e.g., weight loss, body image, and stress management) combined with less tangible outcomes (e.g., blood glucose control) may be more successful; and (2) study participation and retention may be improved by accommodating patients’ and caregivers’ schedules, by scheduling study visits before and after working hours, and in more convenient locations than in medical facilities.

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“…Although such initiatives spark some initial interest they are usually insufficient to lead to effective recruitment [3,4,15–21]. Thus, more patient-friendly approaches are needed.…”

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Cizza

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Journal of Adolescent Health

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“…44,50 Studies that involve more adolescent-friendly protocols, including internet and SMS facilities, are starting to appear in the literature with some encouraging results , although to date the adolescent obesity literature is sparse. [51][52][53][54][55][56] Much clinical research relies on hospital and health-care networks. Adolescents may Clinical research in adolescents K Steinbeck et al receive most of their health care through community youth health services and primary care.…”

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Clinical research in adolescents: challenges and opportunities using obesity as a model

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Adolescent medicine is relatively young, compared to paediatric or adult medicine. Descriptive and observational studies have dominated the adolescent literature, including those studies published in the International Journal of Obesity. In addition, many studies have combined child and adolescent age groups, making it difficult to determine adolescent-specific outcomes. It is important that high quality intervention studies in adolescents occur. Adolescence is a time of extraordinary plasticity. Habits, attitudes and physical morbidity that develop during adolescence set up trajectories that have a profound influence on health and wellbeing for the long term. Overweight and obesity are an excellent example of the need for high quality intervention studies and yet in the last two decades there have been very few randomized, controlled trials of overweight and obesity management in adolescents. There are a number of complexities in adolescent research that create additional challenges to those that accompany any clinical research. These include recruitment and retention, issues around consent and confidentiality and the central role that parents play in supporting the research protocol. Pubertal stage is a potential confounder and needs to be accurately measured. This is certainly true for studies in overweight and obesity where excess adiposity influences pubertal and other hormones. The opportunities to undertake quality research in adolescents are likely to be enhanced by the use of novel approaches which acknowledge the unique features of adolescents and their world.

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