黒人成人の初期スクリーニング訪問での非到着の予測要因:GoFresh試験からのデータ
Benjamin Grobman1, Christian Rivera1, Mingyu Zhang1
1Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America; Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America.
Contemporary clinical trials
|August 21, 2025
まとめ
年配の参加者は最初の研究訪問に 参加する可能性が高くなった. 家族の大きさと接触と訪問の間の遅延などの要因は,未到着と関連しており,試験採用の成功に影響を及ぼしました.
科学分野:
- 臨床試験
- 公衆衛生の介入
- 健康 の 格差
背景:
- 臨床試験の完了には重要な障壁として,研究訪問に参加者が来ないことが挙げられます.
- 臨床試験の成功に 影響する要因を理解することは 極めて重要です
研究 の 目的:
- 初期スクリーニング訪問に欠席した参加者と試験プロセスの特徴を特定する.
- 2つのランダム化制御試験 (GoFreshとGoFreshRx) の出席率に影響を与える要因を調査する.
主な方法:
- 2つの高血圧試験における2224人の参加者における社会人口学的および研究関連要因を調査した.
- 最初のスクリーニング訪問で到着しないとの関連を分析するためにロジスティック回帰を使用し,主要変数を調整しました.
主要な成果:
- 最初のスクリーニング訪問の非到着率は29.5%でした.
- 高齢者は出席率が高く 家族の規模が大きくなり 連絡と訪問の間の時間が長くなるのが 欠席率と関連していた.
- 訪問の時間,季節,連絡方法は,出席率に大きな影響を与えない.
結論:
- 高齢,より大きな家族,最初の接触と訪問の間の長い遅れは,到着しないことに関連する重要な要因です.
- これらの発見は,参加者の出席率を改善し,採用目標を達成するための介入の潜在的なターゲットを示唆しています.
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