title: Assessment of caregivers' willingness to participate in an intervention research study.
abstract: The purpose of the study was to identify factors that influenced family caregivers' decisions to participate in an intervention research study. In interviews conducted before and after the intervention, caregivers (n=21) described reasons for participation. A focused content analysis was used to examine responses. Themes that emerged included: (a) caregivers recognized a need for help; (b) expectations and motivations toward change; (c) recognition of self worth as caregivers; (d) timeliness of recruitment strategies; (e) support of research staff affected recruitment; and (f) caregivers recognized the benefits of participation. These findings support the importance of many different strategies for effective recruitment of caregivers in future studies.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio School of Nursing, San Antonio, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Margaret R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: Monica I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Escamilla
authors.forename: Paula H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Blackwell
authors.forename: Kathy T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Lucke
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Miner-Williams
authors.forename: Virginia
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.forename: Sharon L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Lewis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000451:nursing; D001294:Attitude to Health; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D003657:Decision Making; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006701:Home Nursing / Q000523:psychology; D006805:Human Experimentation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research / Q000458:organization & administration; D018579:Patient Selection; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012649:Self Concept; D015206:Southwestern United States; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors