ArticleChild and adolescent psychiatry and mental health2020
Challenges in recruiting and retaining adolescents with abuse-related posttraumatic stress disorder: lessons learned from a randomized controlled trial.
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- Effectiveness of Interventions for Interpersonal Functioning Among Adolescents With Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms: A Meta-Analysis.Journal of adolescence · 2026Pooled it
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- Designing and developing a prescription digital therapeutic for at-home heart rate variability biofeedback to support and enhance patient outcomes in post-traumatic stress disorder treatment.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Article
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- Feasibility of Emotional Freedom Techniques in Patients with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: a pilot study.Journal of pharmacopuncture · 2024Article
- Evidence-based recruitment strategies for clinical research: Study personnel's and research participants' perceptions about successful methods of outreach for a U.S. Autism-Research Cohort.Journal of clinical and translational science · 2024Article
- Recruitment and retention into longitudinal health research from an adolescent perspective: a qualitative study.BMC medical research methodology · 2023Article
- Barriers for recruitment to treatment of youths with co-occurring substance use disorders and depression.The American journal on addictions · 2022Article
- "Don't Close the Door on Them": Recruiting and retaining vulnerable Black adolescents in prevention research.Journal of community psychology · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundResearch on effective recruitment and retention strategies for adolescents and young adults suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder is scarce. The aim of the current study was to provide data on recruitment sources, barriers, and facilitators for participation in a randomized controlled trial for young individuals with histories of sexual and/or physical abuse.
methodsStudy participants aged 14 to 21 were asked to complete a checklist on individual sources of recruitment, barriers, and facilitators for participation in the trial. Fifty-three out of the 80 study participants who were contacted completed the checklist (66.3%).
resultsMost respondents reported multiple recruitment sources, with online and media advertising search strategies indicated most frequently (45.4% of all mentions), followed by practitioner-referred sources (38.7%). Respondents' reported barriers included additional demands of the trial (60.3%), followed by distress caused by having to talk about painful topics (15.5%). The most frequently indicated facilitators were the organizational setting (55.1%) and monetary incentives (22.2%), followed by social support (12.0%) and non-monetary incentives (10.2%). No significant differences were observed between adolescent and young adult respondents with the exception that adolescents reported significantly more frequently that they had learned about the trial from their caregiver.
conclusionsOur findings permit the formulation of recommendations for planning and conducting trials with this clientele. Future research is needed on how specific barriers can be effectively overcome.
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