Recruitment experiences in a stress incontinence clinical trial

✍ Scribed by Patricia A. Burns,Ph.D; Thomas Nochajski; Patricia Clesse Desotelle; Kevin Pranikoff

• Book ID: 102957068
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 616 KB
• Volume: 9
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0733-2467
• DOI: 10.1002/nau.1930090107

✦ Synopsis

Major dclays and subsequent altcrations in randomized controlled clinical trials have been attributcd to poor or failed recruitment. This paper presents the recruitment methods used successfully to obtain a homogenous sample of females with stress urinary incontinence. This sample was recruited to investigate the effectiveness of a behavioral treatment. Recruitment methods and their cost effectiveness are presented for the trial's three year duration. Yields are presented as ratios of recruited/ randomized subjects. Analysis showed professional referrals to have the lowest cost/yield, while newspaper advertisement produced the highest recruitedisubject retention. As a result of this trial's experiences recoinmendations were made for differing recruitment strategies according to sourceiyield with additional special plans for recruiting elderly, lower income, inner city, or minority subjects.