title: Psychosocial influences on research subject recruitment, enrollment and retention.
abstract: Psychosocial factors may profoundly affect the successful implementation of a research study. The purpose of this paper is to describe psychosocial influences on the researcher-participant interaction during: (1) recruitment, (2) enrollment, and (3) retention and to provide guidelines for effective implementation of a study within a clinical health care setting. An interdisciplinary teamwork approach was used to identify and to resolve psychosocial issues. A study of 4781 family planning patients will be used as the case example.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Services Administration, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15261.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dombrowski
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000533:Altruism; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005260:Female; D006558:Herpes Genitalis / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D012106:Research / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000523:psychology; D012947:Social Work