从长期护理机构招募老年人参加纵向临床试验
Rebecca Davis1, Alla Sikorskii2
1Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan, USA.
Research in nursing & health
|December 14, 2023
概括
招募老年人进行长期护理研究需要多种方法和专业的员工. 网站联系介绍是最有效的,成本平均为每名注册者144美元.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 临床试验 临床试验
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
背景情况:
- 在长期护理 (LTC) 环境中招募参与者进行研究具有重大挑战.
- 在这些环境中,老年人往往有复杂的健康需求和认知障碍,使研究参与复杂化.
研究的目的:
- 评估在LTC环境中的集群随机对照试验中使用的各种招聘方法的有效性和成本.
- 确定在独立和辅助生活社区招募老年人的最佳策略.
主要方法:
- 从15个独立和辅助生活社区的招聘数据进行了回顾性分析.
- 使用了12种不同的招聘方法的组合,跟踪花费的时间,查和招生数据.
- 分析了在现场,员工和参与者层面的招聘效率.
主要成果:
- 选了279名老年人,并在15个地点招募了172人;许多参与者有认知障碍.
- 研究人员在每个地点花费了39-89小时,平均使用了四种招聘方法.
- 网站接触介绍产生了最同意的参与者;专注的招聘人员改善了招聘和方法利用.
- 招聘费用平均为每个地点1490美元,每名入学者93美元至258美元 (平均144美元).
结论:
- 在LTC中有效招募老年人需要采用多种策略和熟练的人员.
- 与设施人员和潜在参与者建立信任对于成功的研究入学至关重要.
- 专门的招聘人员和利用现场联系人显著提高了招聘效率和LTC设置的结果.
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