Ashley Honushefsky, Eric S Wagner, Kathleen Sheridan, Kathleen M Spickard, William R LeMasters, Carroll N Walter, Taryn Beaver, Anne Marie Lennon, Nickolas Papadopoulos, Alanna Kulchak Rahm, Adam H Buchanan
BACKGROUND: Recruiting large cohorts efficiently can speed the translation of findings into care across a range of scientific disciplines and medical specialties. Recruitment can be hampered by factors such as financial barriers, logistical concerns, and lack of resources for patients and clinicians. These and other challenges can lead to underrepresentation in groups such as rural residents and racial and ethnic minorities. Here we discuss the implementation of various recruitment strategies for enrolling participants into a large, prospective cohort study, assessing the need for adaptations and making them in real-time, while maintaining high adherence to the protocol and high participant satisfaction...
March 13, 2024: BMC Health Services Research