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Christine McLean1, Ngaire Kerse, Simon A Moyes
1Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Aim:
To describe successful methods of recruitment and identify practice characteristics related to increased recruitment of older people for a randomised controlled trial.
Methods:
General practices in three regions of New Zealand and community-dwelling patients aged 75+ were recruited for the Brief Risk Identification Geriatric Health Tool trial. General practitioners (GPs) were faxed invitations with telephone follow-up. Reply-paid cards with telephone follow-up were used to invite older people. GP and practice characteristics were examined in relationship to recruitment rate.
Results:
During 2007-2008, 158 of 438 GPs (36%) in 60 of 116 practices approached (52%) were recruited. Regional variation was marked and 3893 of 8308 invited (49%) older people were recruited. The GP's length of time at the practice and training in New Zealand was associated with recruitment success.
Conclusions:
Despite variability in practice recruitment, a reasonably large and representative sample of older people was recruited through general practices.
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