Recruitment and retention of economically underserved women to a cervical cancer prevention trial.
This review contrasts the planned and actual recruitment and retention efforts for a cervical cancer prevention study within a predominantly underserved population. Recruitment was a primary obstacle to trial progression and multiple strategies to improve recruitment were implemented to meet objectives. The actual recruitment strategies were expansion to five geographically distinct clinical sites, use of nurse practitioners focused primarily on patient issues, extremely flexible study hours and location, honorariums, support for transportation and child care, and creativity in maintaining contact with study participants. With these strategies, 90% of eligible patients consented to participate in the study.
School of Nursing, University of Michigan, 1018 Fuller Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Joanne Motiño
JM
Bailey
Mary E
ME
Bieniasz
David
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Kmak
Dean E
DE
Brenner
Mack T
MT
Ruffin
D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003127:Colposcopy; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006786:Hospitals, Urban; D006801:Humans; D015146:Midwestern United States; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000458:organization & administration; D024802:Nurse's Role; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010352:Patient Dropouts / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018579:Patient Selection; D011203:Poverty / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000458:organization & administration; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014930:Women / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D002578:Uterine Cervical Dysplasia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control*
D014212:Tretinoin