Recommendations for recruiting and retaining adolescent girls in chronic exercise (training) research studies
| Autor: | Keith Tolfrey, Rachel Massie, Brett Smith |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Předmět: |
Gerontology
medicine.medical_specialty health promotion exercise media_common.quotation_subject Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation lcsh:GV557-1198.995 medicine Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Exercise physiology research participation Training programme media_common lcsh:Sports business.industry Focus group Friendship Health promotion adolescent Physical therapy Research studies focus groups Thematic analysis business Qualitative research |
| Zdroj: | Sports Volume 3 Issue 3 Pages 219-235 Sports, Vol 3, Iss 3, Pp 219-235 (2015) |
| ISSN: | 2075-4663 |
| Popis: | Extensive challenges are often encountered when recruiting participants to chronic exercise (training) studies. High participant burden during chronic exercise training programmes can result in low uptake to and/or poor compliance with the study. The aim of this qualitative study was to identify factors affecting adolescent girls’ recruitment and adherence to chronic exercise training research studies. Twenty-six adolescent girls (aged 12 to 15 years) participated in one of five focus groups discussing recruitment and retention to exercise physiology research involving a chronic exercise training programme. A thematic analysis was used to analyse the data and eight final themes were inductively identified. Seven evidence-based practical recommendations are suggested to improve the recruitment and retention of participants for prospective, chronic exercise training studies. Successful recruitment requires: (i) the defining of exercise-related terms (ii) appropriate choice of recruitment material and (iii) an understanding of participant motivations. Retention strategies include: (iv) regular monitoring of participant motives and (v) small groups which foster peer and researcher support. Finally, (vi) friendship and ability groups were favoured in addition to (vii) a variety of activities to promote adherence to an exercise training programme. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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