Trial reportJournal of pediatric psychology2017
Barriers to Recruitment in Pediatric Obesity Trials: Comparing Opt-in and Opt-out Recruitment Approaches.
Trial report in Journal of pediatric psychology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy of pharmacotherapies on pediatric patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.BMC gastroenterology · 2025Pooled it
- Strategies to improve recruitment to multicomponent group programs for overweight and obesity: a systematic review.Frontiers in health services · 2025Pooled it
- Facilitators and barriers of children's participation in nutrition, physical activity, and obesity interventions: A systematic review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2021Pooled it
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- Are Preschoolers Meeting the Mark? Comparing the Dietary, Activity, and Sleep Behaviors of Preschoolers With Obesity to National Recommendations.Journal of pediatric psychology · 2018Trial
- Learning about Activity and Understanding Nutrition for Child Health (LAUNCH): Rationale, design, and implementation of a randomized clinical trial of a family-based pediatric weight management program for preschoolers.Contemporary clinical trials · 2017Trial
- Enhancing study recruitment through implementation of an opt-out, cold contact process with consideration for autonomy, beneficence and justice.Journal of clinical and translational science · 2023Article
- Facilitators and barriers to pediatric clinical trial recruitment and retention in rural and community settings: A scoping review of the literature.Clinical and translational science · 2022Article
- Recommendations by the European Network of Paediatric Research at the European Medicines Agency (Enpr-EMA) Working Group on preparedness of clinical trials about paediatric medicines process.Archives of disease in childhood · 2021Review
- Working to Increase Stability through Exercise (WISE): screening, recruitment, and baseline characteristics.Trials · 2021Article
- Working to Increase Stability through Exercise (WISE): Study protocol for a pragmatic randomized controlled trial of a coached exercise program to reduce serious fall-related injuries.Contemporary clinical trials · 2018Article
- Parents' perceived obstacles to pediatric clinical trial participation: Findings from the clinical trials transformation initiative.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2018Article
- Parent Perceptions of and Preferences for Participation in Child Health Research: Results from a Pediatric Practice-Based Research Network.Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFMArticle
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Abstract
Objective: To compare the efficacy of opt-in versus opt-out recruitment methods in pediatric weight management clinical trials. Methods: Recruitment of preschoolers and school-age children across two obesity randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were compared using the same opt-in recruitment approach (parents contact researchers in response to mailings). Opt-in and opt-out strategies (parents send decline postcard in response to mailings if they do not want to participate) were then compared across two preschool obesity RCTs. Results: Opt-in strategies yielded a significantly lower overall recruitment rate among preschoolers compared with school-age children. Among preschoolers, an opt-out strategy demonstrated a significantly higher overall recruitment rate compared with an opt-in strategy with the main advantage in the number of families initially contacted. Conclusions: Opt-out recruitment strategies may be more effective in overcoming the barriers of recruitment in the preschool age-group because it does not rely on parent recognition of obesity.
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