title: Recruiting and retaining research participants for a clinical intervention study.
abstract: This article describes strategies investigators can use to recruit and retain research participants in a clinical intervention study. Although specific issues and examples focus on family caregivers of stroke survivors, many strategies discussed here are applicable to other populations.
authors.affiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Nursing 35244, USA.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Grant
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: DePew
mesh_terms: D017028:Caregivers / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing*; D003625:Data Collection; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000379:methods*; D018579:Patient Selection; D012107:Research Design; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000523:psychology; D018401:Sample Size; D020521:Stroke / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology