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Trial reportApplied nursing research : ANR2016

Dyadic recruitment in complementary therapy studies: experience from a clinical trial of caregiver-delivered reflexology.

Amanda J Holmstrom, Gwen K Wyatt, Alla Sikorskii, Catherine Musatics, Emily Stolz, Neala Havener

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Applied nursing research : ANR, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Amanda J HolmstromDepartment of Communication, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States. Electronic address: holmstr6@msu.edu.
Gwen K WyattCollege of Nursing, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States. Electronic address: Gwen.Wyatt@hc.msu.edu.
Alla SikorskiiDepartment of Statistics and Probability, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States. Electronic address: sikorska@stt.msu.edu.
Catherine MusaticsDepartment of Communication, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States. Electronic address: musatics@msu.edu.
Emily StolzCollege of Communication Arts & Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States. Electronic address: stolzemi@gmail.com.
Neala HavenerDepartment of Communication, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States. Electronic address: nhavener@gmail.com.
Michigan State University · US

Funding

Home-Based Symptom Management via Reflexology for Advanced Breast Cancer PatientsR01CA157459 · NCI · MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY · PI WYATT, GWEN KARILYN · 2011 to 2015
$2.5M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA157459NCI NIH HHS R01CA157459-01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeAs home-based care continues to be a growing trend in health care, involvement of friend and family caregivers in the management of illness becomes essential. However, before nurses can prepare caregivers to engage in various types of care, an evidence base needs to be established via randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Research suggests that recruiting cancer patients and their friend or family caregivers into RCTs presents challenges. The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the barriers to recruitment of patient-caregiver dyads into a RCT of caregiver-delivered reflexology and to recommend strategies to address such barriers.

methodsThis paper reports on a nurse-directed RCT that involved recruitment efforts unique to a caregiver-delivered reflexology protocol for advanced-stage breast cancer patients. Ineligibility due to caregiver-related reasons, consent among eligible patients (out of 551 approached patients), and reasons for refusal were analyzed.

resultsAlmost one-third of patients were found to be ineligible due to the lack of a caregiver to participate with them and provide this form of social support. Among eligible patients, the consent rate for this dyadic study is much lower than that of previous RCTs of reflexologist-delivered reflexology that enrolled just patients, not dyads.

conclusionImplications for nursing practice and research include addressing the need for greater social support for patients and strategies for problem-solving refusal reasons during study enrollment.

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CaregiversMassageBreast NeoplasmsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedWorkforceBreast cancerCaregiversDyadic enrollmentNursing role in home careReflexology

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PMID26856504
PMCPMC4748168
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