Strategies for retaining study participants in behavioral intervention trials: Retention experiences of the NIH behavior change consortium
Strategies for retaining study participants in behavioral intervention trials: Retention experiences of the NIH behavior change consortium
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DOI：
10.1207/s15324796abm2902s_9
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发表时间：
2005-01-01
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Somes, GW
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作者：
Coday, M;Boutin-Foster, C;Somes, GW
未能在行为干预试验中保留足够数量的研究参与者对研究结果的解释及其外部效度构成威胁。这项定性调查描述了由行为改变联盟的招募和保留委员会推广的保留策略，该联盟由美国国立卫生研究院资助的15个大学网站组成，旨在通过行为改变进行针对疾病预防的研究。在一年两次的会议期间，与所有研究中心进行焦点小组讨论，以确定在留住研究参与者方面遇到的障碍以及解决这些障碍所采用的策略。报告的所有保留策略被合并为8个专题保留类别。这些类别被认为是最有效的保留螺柱;参与者被总结和记录在整个生命过程中的研究中心人群（例如，老年人成人、儿童和青少年）。不同健康状况的网站人口之间的进一步可能的差异进行了讨论，并提出了一个生态框架，用于在未来的调查保留。
Failing to retain an adequate number of study participants in behavioral intervention trials poses a threat to interpretation of study results and its external validity. This qualitative investigation describes the retention strategies promoted by the recruitment and retention committee of the Behavior Change Consortium, a group of 15 university-based sites funded by the National Institutes of Health to implement studies targeted toward disease prevention through behavior change. During biannual meetings, focus groups were conducted with all sites to determine barriers encountered in retaining study participants and strategies employed to address these barriers. All of the retention strategies reported were combined into 8 thematic retention categories. Those categories perceived to be most effective for retaining studs; participants were summarized and consistencies noted among site populations across the life course (e.g., older adults. adults, children, and adolescents). Further possible discrepancies between site populations of varying health statuses are discussed, and an ecological framework is proposed for use in future investigations on retention.