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Recruitment experiences in a stress incontinence clinical trial
Author(s) -
Burns,Ph.D Patricia A.,
Nochajski Thomas,
Desotelle Patricia Clesse,
Pranikoff Kevin
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
neurourology and urodynamics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.918
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1520-6777
pISSN - 0733-2467
DOI - 10.1002/nau.1930090107
Subject(s) - medicine , urinary incontinence , randomized controlled trial , clinical trial , physical therapy , gerontology , urology
Major delays and subsequent alterations in randomized controlled clinical trials have been attributed 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 recruited/subject retention. As a result of this trial's experiences recommendations were made for differing recruitment strategies according to source/yield with additional special plans for recruiting elderly, lower income, inner city, or minority subjects.