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Recruitment and Retention of Patients into Emergency Medicine Clinical Trials
Author(s) -
Cofield Stacey S.,
Conwit Robin,
Barsan William,
Quinn James
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
academic emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.221
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1553-2712
pISSN - 1069-6563
DOI - 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00866.x
Subject(s) - medicine , clinical trial , alternative medicine , intensive care medicine , pathology
The emergency medicine (EM) and prehospital environments are unlike any other clinical environments and require special consideration to allow the successful implementation of clinical trials. This article reviews the specific issues involved in EM clinical trials and provides strategies from EM and non‐EM trials to maximize recruitment and retention. While the evidence supporting some of these strategies is deficient, addressing recruitment and retention issues with specific strategies will help researchers deal with these issues in their funding applications and in turn develop the necessary infrastructure to participate in EM clinical trials. ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE 2010; 17:1104–1112 © 2010 by the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine