Recruitment of rural and cognitively impaired older adults for dental research.
Recruitment of rural and cognitively impaired older adults for dental research.
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招募农村和认知障碍老年人进行牙科研究。
DOI：
10.1111/j.1754-4505.2010.00150.x
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2010
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Bai,Lina
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Wu,Bei;Goedereis,EricA;Crout,RichardJ;Plassman,BrendaL;DiNapoli,ElizabethA;McNeil,DanielW;Wiener,Michael;Boone,MartinL;Wiener,RConstance;Kao,Elizabeth;Bai,Lina
招募居住在社区的老年人，特别是那些有认知障碍和居住在农村地区的老年人，对研究人员来说一直是一个挑战，特别是在牙科领域。本研究报告了一项正在进行的研究中的招募经验，该研究调查了口腔健康与晚年认知状态之间的关系。采用多种招募策略，包括教育介绍和前往参与者家中，招募具有不同认知功能水平的农村老年参与者。总体而言，多管齐下、积极主动的招募策略在接触不同程度认知障碍的参与者方面比传统的被动方法更有效。本研究的结果表明，成功招募此类人群包括获得相关社区组织工作人员的支持，告知社区成员（包括老年人及其家庭成员）和口腔健康的重要性，并使老年人能够访问数据收集网站。
The recruitment of community‐dwelling older adults, particularly those with cognitive impairment and those residing in rural areas, has been consistently challenging for researchers, especially in the dental field. This study reports on recruitment experiences from an ongoing study investigating the association between oral health and cognitive status in later life. Multiple recruitment strategies, including educational presentations and traveling to participants’ homes, were used to enroll rural elderly participants with various levels of cognitive function. In general, multipronged, proactive recruitment strategies were more effective than traditional, passive methods in reaching participants with varying degrees of cognitive impairment.The outcome of this study suggests that successful recruitment of such populations involves gaining the support of staff at relevant community organizations, informing community members (including older adults and their family members) of the project and the importance of oral health, and making data collection sites accessible for older adults.