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ArticleTranslational behavioral medicine2015

Engaging veterans with substance abuse disorders into a research trial: success with study branding, networking, and presence.

Anne Kathryn Michalek, David Kan, Judith Prochaska

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Article in Translational behavioral medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. The Warrior Wellness Study: A Randomized Controlled Exercise Trial for Older Veterans with PTSD.Translational journal of the American College of Sports Medicine · 2018
    Article
  3. Article
  4. Health-related quality of life among veterans in addictions treatment: identifying behavioral targets for future intervention.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2016
    Article
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Anne Kathryn MichalekDepartment of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, 401 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143-0984 USA.
David KanSan Francisco Veteran Affairs Medical Center, 4150 Clement Street, San Francisco, CA 94121 USA.
Judith ProchaskaStanford Prevention Research Center, Medical School Office Building, X316, 1265 Welch Road, Stanford, CA 94305-5411 USA.
San Francisco VA Medical Center · USStanford Health Care · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

TREATMENTS FOR COMPLEX PATIENTS IN NEW SETTINGSP50DA009253 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI MEYERHOFF, DIETER J · 1994 to 2014
$28.2M
NIDA NIH HHS P50 DA009253
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recruiting and retaining clients in health interventions can be challenging especially when targeting multiple behavior change in high-risk populations. To inform the methods of trials working with similarly complex clinical populations, we describe multi-pronged efforts to recruit and retain a representative sample. In a two-group RCT, veterans were recruited from a Veteran Affairs Medical Center. The goal was to enroll 200 participants over a 25-month period, and to exceed 70 % follow-up for all treatment arms. To meet these goals, a four-pronged strategy was developed: branding, outreach/networking, onsite presence, and incentives. In month 1, 32 % of the proposed sample size was met (n = 64), and by month 2, 45 % (n = 90); the recruitment goal (n = 200) was achieved 13 months ahead of schedule. Retention exceeds 90 % at all time points out to 18 months. The multipronged recruitment and retention plan was efficient, cost effective, and may generalize to other health promotion initiatives.

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Methods researchMultiple-risk behavior changeRecruitmentRetentionVeteran health administration

Identifiers

PMID26029279
PMCPMC4444706
OpenAlexW2030036920

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