Re-recruiting postpartum women living with HIV into a follow-up study in Cape Town, South Africa
Re-recruiting postpartum women living with HIV into a follow-up study in Cape Town, South Africa
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DOI：
10.1186/s13104-019-4509-4
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发表时间：
2019-07-26
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Abrams, Elaine J.
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作者：
Mogoba, Phepo;Gomba, Yolanda;Abrams, Elaine J.
回收和保留是母婴健康纵向研究的主要挑战，但在资源匮乏的情况下可以采用的最佳策略的洞察力很少。在开普敦参加了对通过怀孕和哺乳感染艾滋病毒的妇女的纵向研究后，在最后一次研究接触后至少18个月再次与妇女联系，并被邀请参加另一次后续访问。我们描述了从中吸取的经验教训，并提出了分阶段招聘的建议。结果通过电话、家访、诊所追踪和Facebook/WhatsApp消息，我们找到了463名合格女性中的387人，并成功招募了353人(占联系人数的91%)。电话是最成功的策略，获得了67%的注册人数。超过一半的女性在参与前一项研究后改变了联系方式。我们建议研究人员从一项研究开始就收集多个联系方式，并同时使用几种招聘策略。纵向研究的参与者可能需要经常联系才能更新联系信息，特别是在流动性很常见的环境中。
ObjectiveRecruitment and retention present major challenges to longitudinal research in maternal and child health, yet there are few insights into optimal strategies that can be employed in low-resource settings. Following prior participation in a longitudinal study following women living with HIV through pregnancy and breastfeeding in Cape Town, women were re-contacted at least 18months after the last study contact and were invited to attend an additional follow-up visit. We describe lessons learnt and offer recommendations for a multiphase recruitment approach.ResultsUsing telephone calls, home visits, clinic tracing and Facebook/WhatsApp messages, we located 387 of the 463 eligible women and successfully enrolled 353 (91% of those contacted). Phone calls were the most successful strategy, yielding 67% of enrolments. Over half of the women had changed their contact information since participation in the previous study. We recommend that researchers collect multiple contact details and use several recruitment strategies in parallel from the start of a study. Participants in longitudinal studies may require frequent contact to update contact information, particularly in settings where mobility is common.