Recruitment Methods for Intervention Research in Bereavement‐Related DepressionFive Years' Experience
作者:
Maryann Schlernitzauer,
Andrew Bierhals,
Matthew Geary,
Holly Prigerson,
Jacqueline Stack,
Mark Miller,
Rona Pasternak,
Charles Reynolds,
期刊:
American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
(OVID Available online 1998)
卷期:
Volume 6,
issue 1
页码: 67-74
ISSN:1064-7481
年代: 1998
出版商: OVID
关键词: Recruitment;Bereavement-Related Depression;Clinical Trials
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
The authors compared various strategies for recruiting elderly subjects with bereavement-related depression into a randomized clinical trial. Over 5 years, they empaneled 65 patients from a total of 441 subjects screened (14.7%). Response to media advertisements was the single most effective strategy (54% of subjects). Another effective, but labor-intensive, strategy was using letters to bereaved spouses found through newspaper obituaries (14%); another 14% were referred by friends who had seen study advertisements. Information letters to healthcare providers yielded no study participants. Pathways to study participation did not differ as a function of race or gender and did not influence study retention or remission rates. Our experience suggests that successful intake depends on a personal mode of recruitment.
点击下载:
PDF
(123KB)
返 回