ArticleJournal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society2016
Recruiting Community-Based Dementia Patients and Caregivers in a Nonpharmacologic Randomized Trial: What Works and How Much Does It Cost?
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- Evaluating evidence-based recruitment strategies for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias clinical trial research: A literature review.The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease · 2026Review
- Barriers and Strategies for Recruiting Care Partners During the Hospitalization of People Living with Dementia: Lessons from a Hospital-Based Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
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- Community places visited and abandoned by people living with dementia in British Columbia, Canada: patterns and implications.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Strategies for recruiting participants underrepresented in clinical research: A scoping review.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2025Article
- Caregiver recruitment and engagement: identifying best practices and strategies for including family caregivers of veterans in health services research.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Caregiver Experiences With an Internet-Delivered Insomnia Intervention: SHUTi-CARE Trial Primary Qualitative Analysis.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2024Article
- Recruitment of older adults from long-term care settings for a longitudinal clinical trial.Research in nursing & health · 2024Article
- Comprehensive Understanding of Hispanic Caregivers: Focus on Innovative Methods and Validations.Journal of Alzheimer's disease reports · 2023Review
- Recruitment of family caregivers of persons with dementia: Lessons learned from a pilot randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Identifying Family and Unpaid Caregivers in Electronic Health Records: Descriptive Analysis.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
- Recruiting Persons with Dementia and Caregivers in a Clinical Trial: Dyads Perceptions.Western journal of nursing research · 2022Article
- The Experiences of African American Male Caregivers.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Recruitment of a diverse research cohort in a large metropolitan area for dementia intervention studies.Contemporary clinical trials · 2022Article
- Family Caregiver Needs and Preferences for Virtual Training to Manage Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia: Interview Study.JMIR aging · 2021Article
- Invisible population: Understanding recruitment barriers of a nurse-led support programme for families with caregiving children in Austria.Nursing open · 2020Article
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objectivesThe aim of this study was to evaluate the yield and cost of three recruitment strategies-direct mail, newspaper advertisements, and community outreach-for identifying and enrolling dementia caregivers into a randomized trial testing a nonpharmacologic approach to enhancing quality of life of patients and caregivers (dyads).
methodEnrollment occurred between 2006 and 2008. The number of recruitment inquiries, number and race of enrollees, and costs for each recruitment strategy were recorded.
resultsOf 284 inquiries, 237 (83%) dyads enrolled. Total cost for recruitment across methodologies was US$154 per dyad. Direct mailings resulted in the most enrollees (n = 135, 57%) and was the least costly method (US$63 per dyad) compared with newspaper ads (US$224 per dyad) and community outreach (US$350 per dyad). Although enrollees were predominately White, mailings yielded the highest number of non-Whites (n = 37). DISCUSSION: Direct mailings was the most effective and least costly method for enrolling dyads in a nonpharmacologic dementia trial.
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