Recruitment and retention of a challenging population: Lessons learned and design implications
| Autor: | Sarah L. Hession, Denise Soltow Hershey |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Gerontology
Adult Blood Glucose Male Longitudinal study Population Logistic regression 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Neoplasms Medicine Humans Attrition 030212 general & internal medicine Longitudinal Studies Prospective Studies education Categorical variable General Nursing Glycemic education.field_of_study 030504 nursing business.industry Middle Aged medicine.disease Exact test Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 Research Design Inclusion and exclusion criteria Female 0305 other medical science business |
| Zdroj: | Applied nursing research : ANR. 38 |
| ISSN: | 1532-8201 |
| Popis: | Purpose The purpose of this article is share the lessons learned from recruiting and retaining adults with type 2 diabetes and solid tumor cancer into a longitudinal study exploring the relationship among chemotherapy, glycemic control, and symptoms. Design/methods Twelve-week longitudinal study, recruited thirty-four adults 21 years or older with pre-existing type 2 diabetes and a solid tumor cancer, from three community based cancer centers who were eligible to receive outpatient chemotherapy. Methods Fisher's Exact Test (categorical variables) and Logistic Regression (continuous variables) were used to evaluate factors associated with participant withdrawal. A dichotomous attrition variable was created to identify those who dropped out of the study before the final week and those who completed. Results Thirteen of the 34 participants completed the study. Symptom severity, baseline HbA1c and metastases were all identified as being factors that potentially influenced attrition. Recruitment was improved once recruiters were hired at each of the cancer centers and adjustments made to the inclusion criteria. Conclusions/implications for research Several design elements need to be considered to address attrition in future including the use of recruiters, inclusion and exclusion criteria, consent timing, data collection schedules, participant characteristics, participant burden, and support person identification. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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