title: Eligibility, recruitment, and retention of African Americans with severe mental illness in community research.
abstract: Data that addresses severely mentally ill (SMI) African Americans (AAs) likelihood to participate in clinical research is limited. This study's purpose was to determine if differences exist between races regarding eligibility, recruitment, and retention in a community-based clinical trial. The sample included 293 participants. Data sources included clinical records and interviews. Logistic regression was used for analysis. AAs were as likely to participate and to complete followup interviews as Whites. In contrast to studies about non-mentally ill AAs, AAs with SMI appeared to be as willing to consent to and to remain in clinical research studies as Whites.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Samuel Merritt College, Oakland, CA, USA. michellehamp@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Michelle DeCoux
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Hampton
authors.forename: Mary C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chafetz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D035843:Biomedical Research; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004608:Eligibility Determination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D010352:Patient Dropouts; D018579:Patient Selection; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic