Recruiting participants for community-based research: The Diabetic Retinopathy Awareness Program
Recruiting participants for community-based research: The Diabetic Retinopathy Awareness Program
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DOI：
10.1016/s1047-2797(00)00067-3
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发表时间：
2000-10-01
影响因子：
5.6
通讯作者：
Leske, MC
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作者：
Schoenfeld, ER;Greene, JM;Leske, MC
目的：招募参与者是人口研究的主要挑战。我们介绍了糖尿病视网膜病变认知计划（DRAP）的招募方法，这是一项基于社区的、随机的、隐蔽的、对照试验，以满足并超过其样本量目标。方法：1993年10月至1994年4月，在当地新闻媒体、社区和专业团体的协助下，计划并执行了一项全县范围的多媒体宣传运动，以招募和招募试验参与者。设立了免费的800招聘电话，并发放了邮资招聘明信片。该试验旨在检查邮寄教育干预是否可以提高社区糖尿病患者对视力保健指南的依从性。结果：共有2308名糖尿病患者接受了资格访谈，813名糖尿病患者进入了干预试验，分别超过了最初的招募目标1800人和600人。完成入学面试的人反映了县的人口特征。在招募期间，报纸、电视和广播报道了这项研究；药店和医生办公室展示了学习材料；公益广告出现在当地的印刷和广播媒体上。最大的单一招聘回应是当地电视新闻报道，其次是报纸报道。结论：这些经验证实需要一个全面协调的方法，利用计划的多个来源，以实现招聘成功。通过让外行和专业团体以及媒体参与进来，招聘成本可以保持在最低限度。通过使用免费电话号码和消除研究参与者的旅行，可以将参与者的成本降至最低，从而允许纳入传统上服务不足的人群。这种方法也适用于其他需要社区参与的研究。流行病学杂志2000；10:432-440。(C) 2000 Elsevier Science Inc.；版权所有。
PURPOSE: Recruiting participants is a major challenge for population studies. We present the recruitment methods followed by the Diabetic Retinopathy Awareness Program (DRAP), a community-based, randomized, masked, controlled trial to meet and exceed its sample size goals.METHODS: A county-wide multi-media promotional campaign to recruit and enroll participants in the trial was planned and executed from October 1993 through April 1994, with the assistance of the local news media and community and professional groups. A toll free 800 number recruitment line was established, and postage-paid recruitment postcards distributed. The trial was designed to examine whether a mailed educational intervention could increase compliance with vision care guidelines among persons with diabetes in the community.RESULTS: A total of 2308 persons with diabetes were interviewed for eligibility and 813 enrolled in the intervention trial, exceeding the original recruitment goals of 1800 and 600, respectively. Those who completed the enrollment interview reflected county demographics. During recruitment, newspaper, television and radio stories featured the study; pharmacies and physician offices displayed study materials; public service announcements appeared in local print and broadcast media. The largest single recruitment response was a local television news report, followed by a newspaper story.CONCLUSIONS: These experiences substantiate the need for a comprehensive coordinated approach, using planned multiple sources, to achieve recruitment success. By engaging the lay and professional communities along with the media, recruitment costs can be kept to a minimum. Participant costs can be minimized by employing a toll-free number and eliminating study participant travel, thus allowing for inclusion of traditionally underserved populations. This approach is applicable to other studies, where community-based participation is desired. Ann Epidemiol 2000;10:432-440. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.