Lessons learned for recruitment and retention of low-income African Americans. Contemp Clin Trials Commun 2020 Mar;17:100533
Date
03/27/2020Pubmed ID
32211558Pubmed Central ID
PMC7083755DOI
10.1016/j.conctc.2020.100533Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85078148214 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 36 CitationsAbstract
Recruitment and retention of low-income African Americans in clinical trials is challenging. This paper reports recruitment and retention strategies that yielded high rates for both in a clinical trial pilot to improve hypertension self-management among low-income African Americans. The study successfully recruited 96.7% (59 of 61 participants) within a seven month period. Retention rates for the 1, 3, and 6-month post-baseline assessment visits were 91.5%, 88.1%, and 83.1%, respectively. Recruitment and retention strategies include two grounded in previous literature: a culturally sensitive and diverse research team and use of incentives. Four additional strategies were developed for this study to meet the needs of the study site and participants, which included: study site collaboration; ongoing communications; responding to the clinical environment; and addressing participants' health literacy levels. A discussion of key recruitment and retention strategies and suggestions for future studies focused on low-income African American participants ensues.
Author List
Taani MH, Zabler B, Fendrich M, Schiffman RAuthors
Michael Fendrich PhD Professor in the Emergency Medicine department at Medical College of WisconsinRachel Schiffman BS,MS,PhD Associate Dean for Research in the College of Nursing department at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
