Retention Strategies in Longitudinal Studies With Emerging Adults
Retention Strategies in Longitudinal Studies With Emerging Adults
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DOI：
10.1097/nur.0000000000000020
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发表时间：
2014-01-01
影响因子：
1.2
通讯作者：
Schmidt, Karen K.
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作者：
Hanna, Kathleen M.;Scott, Linda L.;Schmidt, Karen K.
目的/目标：本报告的目的是描述保留策略，是有用的，那些没有在一个纵向研究的新兴adultes.Background：一个纵向研究检查过渡到年轻的成年人之间的新兴1型糖尿病，其中有成功的保留，提供了描述保留策略的背景。理由：纵向设计研究的一个挑战是保留参与者，因为损失会降低统计分析的能力。鉴于成年初显期是一个不稳定的时期，在这一人群中，留住人才尤其具有挑战性。然而，纵向研究是了解发育变化的最佳方式，增加我们对成年初显期健康结果的了解也很重要。描述：描述了研究中使用的保留策略，包括促进与参与者的积极关系，保持与参与者的联系，拥有具有良好人际关系技能的研究人员，使用激励措施，传达对参与者的尊重，成果：促进积极关系的有用战略包括向与会者发送卡片和通讯，保持联系人的一致性，并对与会者的时间和努力表示感谢。与参与者保持联系的有用策略包括在每个数据收集点获取联系信息，在跟踪数据库中保存出生日期和图表编号，监测退回的邮件，以及使用网络搜索引擎。其他有用的战略包括向参与者提供奖励，雇用具有良好人际关系技能的工作人员，酌情向参与者提供选择，以及使用方便用户的数据收集方法。一种策略，使用比赛，没有发现useful.Conclusions：尽管挑战进行纵向设计的研究与新兴的成年人，多保留策略可以使用，是有用的retention.Implications：它是可行的，尽管挑战与新兴的成年人进行纵向研究。
Purpose/Objectives: The purpose of this report was to describe retention strategies that were useful and those that were not in a longitudinal study of emerging adults.Background: A longitudinal study examining the transition to young adulthood among emerging adults with type 1 diabetes, which had success in retention, provided the context for describing retention strategies.Rationale: A challenge in longitudinally designed studies is retention of participants because the loss decreases power for statistical analysis. Given that emerging adulthood is a period of instability, retention is particularly challenging among this population. However, longitudinal studies are the best way to understand developmental changes, and it is also important to increase our knowledge of health outcomes during emerging adulthood.Description: Retention strategies used in the study are described, including promoting a positive relationship with participants, maintaining contact with participants, having a study staff with good interpersonal skills, using incentives, conveying respect for participants, and using user-friendly data collection.Outcomes: Useful strategies to promote a positive relationship included sending cards and newsletters to participants, maintaining consistency of contact person, and expressing appreciation for participant's time and effort. Useful strategies for maintaining contact with participants included obtaining contact information at every data collection point, maintaining birth dates and chart numbers in tracking databases, monitoring returned mail, and using Web search engines. Other useful strategies were providing incentives to participants, employing staff with good interpersonal skills, providing participants with choices when appropriate, and using user-friendly data collection. One strategy, using contests, was not found useful.Conclusions: Despite the challenges of conducting longitudinally designed studies with emerging adults, multiple retention strategies can be used that are useful to retention.Implications: It is feasible to conduct longitudinal studies with emerging adults despite the challenges.