Where are they now? Retention strategies over 25 years in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study
Where are they now? Retention strategies over 25 years in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study
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DOI：
10.1016/j.conctc.2017.12.003
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发表时间：
2018-03-01
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1.5
通讯作者：
Schreiner, Pamela
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作者：
Funkhouser, Ellen;Wammack, Jennifer;Schreiner, Pamela
目的：在1991年，我们描述了一组年轻人的招募和目标。当时，人们对年轻、健康、流动的成年人或少数族裔的长期留存情况知之甚少。我们提出了25年的保留策略和率，以及参与25年随访检查的预测因素，该研究是1985年从美国四个中心招募的18-30岁的混血儿人群的冠状动脉疾病危险因素的纵向调查。方法：CARDIA采用了一系列策略来提高保留率，包括每年两次联系，多种跟踪方法来定位丢失的参与者，使用生日和节日卡片，参与者通讯，考试安排住宿和货币报销，以及一个常设委员会，其主要目的是不断审查保留率和策略，并确定问题和成功。结果：25年来，CARDIA在两次检查之间与参与者保持了90%以上的联系，每隔2年保持80%以上的联系，25年的检查出勤率为72%。25年级考试出勤率的基线预测因素包括白人种族、女性、年龄较大、高等教育程度、不吸烟和适度饮酒。结论：持续使用多种保留策略，包括关注接触率和在研究中心之间分享最佳策略，导致了多样化，最初年轻的混血儿队列的高保留率。
Purpose: In 1991, we described the recruitment and goals for a cohort of young adults. At the time, little was known about long-term retention of young, healthy and mobile adults or minorities. We present retention strategies and rates over 25 years, and predictors of participation at the year 25 follow-up examination of the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study, a longitudinal investigation of coronary artery disease risk factors in a biracial population initially ages 18-30 years recruited from four U.S. centers in 1985.Methods: CARDIA has employed a range of strategies to enhance retention, including two contacts per year, multiple tracking methods to locate participants lost-to-follow-up, use of birthday and holiday cards, participant newsletters, examination scheduling accommodations and monetary reimbursements, and a standing committee whose primary purpose has been to continually review retention rates and strategies and identify problems and successes.Results: For 25 years, CARDIA has maintained > 90% contact with participants between examinations, over 80% at any 2-year interval, and a 72% 25-year examination attendance rate. Baseline predictors of year 25 examination attendance include white race, female sex, older age, higher education, nonsmoking and moderate alcohol consumption.Conclusion: Consistent use of multiple retention strategies, including attention to contact rates and sharing of best strategies across study centers, has resulted in high retention of a diverse, initially young, biracial cohort.