title: Barriers to eligibility and enrollment among older women in a clinical trial on osteoporosis: effects of ethnicity and SES.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The study examined whether ethnicity or socioeconomic status influenced a group's ability to meet eligibility criteria and willingness to enroll.
  
  
  METHODS
  The eligibility and enrollment status of 904 women aged 65 years and older who responded to recruitment efforts of an estrogen and osteoporosis clinical trial were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among women screened, 59% were White, 27% African Americans, and 14% Hispanics; average age was 75 years; 57.6% were eligible, of which 32% enrolled. High-income area residents were more likely to be eligible than low-income residents. African Americans were less likely to be eligible for medical reasons than non-African Americans. Eligible Hispanics were more likely to be enrolled than non-Hispanics. African Americans were equally willing to enroll as Whites. Minority residents of low-income areas were more likely to enroll than minority residents of high-income areas.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Recruitment efforts should address barriers to eligibility and barriers to willingness to enroll.
authors.affiliation: University of Connecticut Health Center, USA.
authors.forename: Christine G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Unson
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ohannessian
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kenyon
authors.forename: Allison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Case
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reisine
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Prestwood
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D000368:Aged; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004608:Eligibility Determination; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D008913:Minority Groups; D010024:Osteoporosis; D018579:Patient Selection; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States; D044465:White People; D014930:Women