A qualitative study of recruiting for investigations in primary care: Plan, pay, minimise intermediaries and keep it simple

SAGE Open Medicine
Timothy W KenealyBruce Arroll

Abstract

We sought successful strategies to recruit patient and practitioner participants for studies from primary care. We interviewed people who had participated and who had not participated in a randomised controlled trial that did not reach recruitment target and successful primary care researchers. The participants and non-participants were mostly Pacific peoples. Interviews were recorded, transcribed, and analysed and reported using qualitative description. The study took place in New Zealand in 2013-2014. A total of 31 people were interviewed. Researchers agreed that recruitment was usually the single most important phase of research but was usually under-planned and under-funded. All researchers recommended a pilot study that addressed recruitment. Successful researchers actively monitored recruitment and adapted the process as needed. Most projects were undertaken by our researchers recruited via an intermediary such as a general practice nurse. Strategies were adapted to the target population, such as specific acute or chronic conditions, age, ethnicity and gender. Intermediaries were actively recruited and retained in a manner that was often more intense than actual participant recruitment and retention. 'Layers' of intermedi...Continue Reading

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Oct 8, 2020·The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews·Catherine HoughtonLinda M Biesty
Jul 4, 2021·Zeitschrift für Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualität im Gesundheitswesen·Manuel ZimanskyStephanie Stiel

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