A questionnaire-based survey of participants' decisions regarding recruitment and retention in a randomised controlled trial — Lessons learnt from the SCoRD trial

Shepstone, Lee; Vaughan, Susan; Barrett, Bett; Larson, Debbie; Chojnowski, Adrian

doi:10.1016/j.cct.2011.01.014

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“…(Balcazar et al 2011) Particularly for low income populations, financial incentives and enhancing convenience of participation can improve recruitment and retention rates. (Nicholson et al 2011)…”

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Development and Preliminary Testing of a Promotora - Delivered, Spanish Language, Counseling Intervention for Heavy Drinking among Male, Latino Day Laborers

Moore

Karno

Ray

et al. 2016

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

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This study developed and then tested the feasibility, acceptability and initial efficacy of a 3-session, culturally adapted, intervention combining motivational enhancement therapy (MET) and strengths-based case management (SBCM) delivered by promotoras in Spanish to reduce heavy drinking among male, Latino day laborers. A pilot two-group randomized trial (N=29) was conducted to evaluate the initial efficacy of MET/SBCM compared to Brief Feedback (BF). Alcohol-related measures were assessed at 6, 12 and 18 weeks after baseline. Most intervention group participants (12/14) attended all counseling sessions and most participants (25/29) remained in the study at 18 weeks. Alcohol related measures improved in both groups over time with no statistically significant differences observed at any of the time points. However the comparative effect size of MET/SBCM on weekly drinking was in the large range at 6-weeks and in the moderate range at 12-weeks. Post hoc analyses identified a statistically significant reduction in number of drinks over time for participants in the intervention group but not for control group participants. Despite the extreme vulnerability of the population, most participants completed all sessions of MET/SBCM and reported high satisfaction with the intervention. We feel our community partnership facilitated these successes. Additional studies of community-partnered and culturally adapted interventions are needed to reduce heavy drinking among the growing population of Latinos in the U.S.

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Development and Preliminary Testing of a Promotora - Delivered, Spanish Language, Counseling Intervention for Heavy Drinking among Male, Latino Day Laborers

Moore

Karno

Ray

et al. 2016

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

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“…To obtain a genuine informed consent, these aspects should be discussed when planning the research. Furthermore, in our previous studies [20,22,23] and other authors [34,35] have observed that even if planning is done carefully and information is given to the recruiters, the recruitment in practice can be very challenging.…”

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Ethical aspects in tissue research: thematic analysis of ethical statements to the research ethics committee

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BackgroundMany studies have been published about ethics committees and the clarifications requested about the submitted applications. In Finland, ethics committees require a separate statement on ethical aspects of the research in applications to the ethics committee. However, little is known about how researchers consider the ethical aspects of their own studies.MethodsThe data were collected from all the applications received by the official regional ethics committee in the Hospital District of Northern Savo during 2004–2009 (n = 688). These included a total of 56 studies involving research on tissue other than blood. The statements by the researchers about the ethics about their own research in these applications were analyzed by thematic content analysis under the following themes: recruitment, informed consent, risks and benefits, confidentiality and societal meaning.ResultsThe researchers tended to describe recruitment and informed consent process very briefly. Usually these descriptions simply stated who the recruiter was and that written consent would be required. There was little information provided on the recruitment situation and on how the study recruiters would be informed. Although most of the studies were clinical, the possibility was hardly ever discussed that patients could fail to distinguish between care and research.ConclusionThe written guidelines, available on the webpages of the ethics committee, do not seem to be enough to help researchers achieve this goal. In addition to detailed guidelines for researchers, investigators need to be taught to appreciate the ethical aspects in their own studies.

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“…13 There is some evidence that adults do consider the potential benefits to others when they make other medical decisions for themselves, such as the decision to participate in clinical research. 14,15 There is also evidence to suggest that parents consider benefits to others when making decisions for their own children to participate in clinical research. 16 The concern for others also appears to influence decisions regarding immunization.…”

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The Role of Herd Immunity in Parents’ Decision to Vaccinate Children: A Systematic Review

Quadri-Sheriff¹,

Hendrix²,

Downs³

et al. 2012

Pediatrics

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Herd immunity is an important benefit of childhood immunization, but it is unknown if the concept of benefit to others influences parents’ decisions to immunize their children. Our objective was to determine if the concept of “benefit to others” has been found in the literature to influence parents’ motivation for childhood immunization. METHODS: We systematically searched Medline through October 2010 for articles on parental/guardian decision-making regarding child immunization. Studies were included if they presented original work, elicited responses from parents/guardians of children <18 years old, and addressed vaccinating children for the benefit of others. RESULTS: The search yielded 5876 titles; 91 articles were identified for full review. Twenty-nine studies met inclusion criteria. Seventeen studies identified benefit to others as 1 among several motivating factors for immunization by using interviews or focus groups. Nine studies included the concept of benefit to others in surveys but did not rank its relative importance. In 3 studies, the importance of benefit to others was ranked relative to other motivating factors. One to six percent of parents ranked benefit to others as their primary reason to vaccinate their children, and 37% of parents ranked benefit to others as their second most important factor in decision-making. CONCLUSIONS: There appears to be some parental willingness to immunize children for the benefit of others, but its relative importance as a motivator is largely unknown. Further work is needed to explore this concept as a possible motivational tool for increasing childhood immunization uptake.

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A questionnaire-based survey of participants' decisions regarding recruitment and retention in a randomised controlled trial — Lessons learnt from the SCoRD trial

Cited by 9 publications

References 8 publications

Development and Preliminary Testing of a Promotora - Delivered, Spanish Language, Counseling Intervention for Heavy Drinking among Male, Latino Day Laborers

Development and Preliminary Testing of a Promotora - Delivered, Spanish Language, Counseling Intervention for Heavy Drinking among Male, Latino Day Laborers

Ethical aspects in tissue research: thematic analysis of ethical statements to the research ethics committee

The Role of Herd Immunity in Parents’ Decision to Vaccinate Children: A Systematic Review

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