title: Recruiting from the community: lessons learned from the diabetes care for older adults project.
abstract: Recruitment methods for enrolling community-based older adults into a study of intensive diabetes management are presented. Analysis of a three-step enrollment procedure revealed that persons who declined at the first step were slightly older and lived farther away from the study site than persons who continued in the enrollment process. Persons who declined cited distance from clinic, some aspect of the study protocol, or health/personal problems as major barriers to involvement. Recruitment strategies were compared, revealing that press releases and newspaper advertisements were the most effective strategies for recruiting eligible participants. Methods such as those described here should help to facilitate future recruitment efforts with community-based older adults.
authors.affiliation: Policy and Methods Development Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341-3724, USA.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fogler
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Dedrick
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015190:Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005845:Georgia; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008297:Male; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010352:Patient Dropouts; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D018579:Patient Selection; D012944:Social Support
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin