Trial reportAmerican journal of men's health
Enrollment Challenges: Recruiting Men to Weight Loss Interventions.
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- A systematic review examining socioeconomic factors in trials of interventions for men that report weight as an outcome.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2022Pooled it
- Use of Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for recruiting healthy participants in nutrition-, physical activity-, or obesity-related studies: a systematic review.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2022Pooled it
- Trajectories of Adherence to Study-Prescribed Physical Activity Goals in a mHealth Weight Loss Intervention.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Trial
- Recruiting men from across the socioeconomic spectrum via GP registers and community outreach to a weight management feasibility randomised controlled trial.BMC medical research methodology · 2020Trial
- Recruitment and reach in a pragmatic behavioral weight loss randomized controlled trial: implications for real-world primary care practice.BMC family practice · 2020Trial
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- Missing men - why health promotion leaves them behind and how to bring them on board: results of a rapid qualitative evidence synthesis.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Understanding the selection of support partners in a behavioral weight loss program.Psychology & health · 2025Article
- Using Metabolic Testing to Personalize Behavioral Obesity Treatment.Obesity science & practice · 2025Article
- Testing the 'Faith Moves Mountains model' to increase Alzheimer's disease awareness, detection, and diagnosis among rural, racially, and ethnically diverse older adults.Aging & mental health · 2024Article
- Evaluation of a French adaptation of a community-based advance serious illness planning decision aid.PEC innovation · 2023Article
- The role of self-compassion and its individual components in adaptive responses to dietary lapses.Appetite · 2023Article
- Paediatric obesity: Documentation, screening, and pharmacotherapy in a national cohort.Pediatric obesity · 2023Article
- Recruitment strategies for a post cessation weight management trial: A comparison of strategy cost-effectiveness and sample diversity.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2022Article
- Does eating behaviour among adolescents and young adults seeking obesity treatment differ depending on sex, body composition, and parental country of birth?BMC public health · 2022Article
- Effects of Behaviorally Supported Exercise and Exercise-Induced Mood Changes on Elevated Blood Pressure and Hypertension in African American Adults with Severe Obesity.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2022Article
- Effective recruitment strategies for African-American men and women: the Nutritious Eating with Soul study.Health education research · 2021Article
- The Role of Social Media in Enhancing Clinical Trial Recruitment: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Article
- Prevalence of Oral Human Papillomavirus Infection Among Australian Indigenous Adults.JAMA network open · 2020Article
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Abstract
Obese men are at an increased risk of chronic disease and are far less likely than women to attempt weight loss. There is a need to successfully recruit men to weight loss clinical trials. Overweight and obese men were recruited to a 6-month, randomized, controlled weight loss trial. Initial recruitment efforts were aimed at men in the workplace with less than or equal to 2 years of college education. After unsatisfactory interest from men and businesses alike, recruitment strategy shifted to enroll men outside the workplace with any educational background. Recruitment methods included word of mouth, email and website advertisements, printed posters in local businesses and doctors' offices, Facebook ads, and a 1-week newspaper ad campaign. Initial interest and enrollment was negligible with only 35 men enrolled in the first 7 months. The launch of a 1-week newspaper advertisement was the most useful recruitment technique and 102 overweight/obese men were successfully enrolled. Study retention remained high throughout the Gutbusters program, indicating targeted, effective recruitment, and not weight loss interest, may be the largest barrier to trial participation for overweight and obese men.
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