Recruitment of Older Adults: Success May Be in the Details

McHenry, Judith C.; Insel, Kathleen C.; Einstein, Gilles O.; Vidrine, Amy; Koerner, Kari M.; Morrow, Daniel G.

doi:10.1093/geront/gns079

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“…Also, advertisements were sent through email listservs and posted on social mediaWebsites,suchasFacebook,LinkedIn,andTwitter,usingour laboratory user account. Older adults in particular are more likely to engage in research when approached in person and by a person they trust (e.g., McHenry et al, 2015). Hence, snowball sampling was used for recruitment across age groups to supplement online and posterrecruitmentandtoensurethatanage-diversesamplewouldbe recruited.…”

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Appearance Dissatisfaction, Body Appreciation, and Sexual Health in Women Across Adulthood

Robbins

Reissing

2017

Arch Sex Behav

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Risk and protective factors are equally important to the promotion of sexual health. Yet, in body image and sexuality research, most of the focus has been placed on the deleterious effects of appearance dissatisfaction and body mass index (BMI) at the expense of more adaptive dimensions. Furthermore, although age can affect appearance and sexual function, little is known regarding the experience of older women. Therefore, this study was aimed at comparing how positive body image (operationalized as body appreciation) and negative body image (operationalized as appearance dissatisfaction) each contribute to indicators of sexual health when controlling for BMI in a sample of age-varied women. Cross-sectional data were collected online from 215 heterosexual women aged 18-88 years. Results showed that body appreciation was a unique predictor of sexual function, satisfaction, and distress, above and beyond the effect of BMI and appearance dissatisfaction. Body appreciation was not found to fluctuate with age. Further, body appreciation moderated the relationship between age and sexual satisfaction, but not sexual distress. Post hoc analyses showed that high body appreciation may serve as a buffer against age-related changes in sexual satisfaction only in women with clinically significant sexual function difficulties. Increasing body appreciation may be a promising clinical intervention in the treatment of sexual problems in older adult women.

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Appearance Dissatisfaction, Body Appreciation, and Sexual Health in Women Across Adulthood

Robbins

Reissing

2017

Arch Sex Behav

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“…McHenry et al also presented three major themes in their recruitment strategies in older adults: communication and trust-building, providing comfort and security, and expressing gratitude. 15 …”

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Chemotherapy-related cognitive impairment in older patients with cancer

Loh

Janelsins

Mohile

et al. 2016

Journal of Geriatric Oncology

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Chemotherapy-related cognitive impairment (CRCI) can occur during or after chemotherapy and represents a concern for many patients with cancer. Among older patients with cancer, in whom there is little clinical trial evidence examining side effects like CRCI, many unanswered questions remain regarding risk for and resulting adverse outcomes from CRCI. Given the rising incidence of cancer with age, CRCI is of particular concern for older patients with cancer who receive treatment. Therefore, research related to CRCI in older patients with cancers is a high priority. In this manuscript, we discuss current gaps in research highlighting the lack of clinical studies of CRCI in older adults, the complex mechanisms of CRCI, and the challenges in measuring cognitive impairment in older patients with cancer. Although we focus on CRCI, we also discuss cognitive impairment related to cancer itself and other treatment modalities. We highlight several research priorities to improve the study of CRCI in older patients with cancer.

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“…Consistent with prior reports (28–31), we attribute overall recruitment success to: (a) forming strategic community partnerships with diverse aging and advocacy organizations; (b) obtaining “buy-in” from community stakeholders by aligning study objectives with unmet community needs and seeking input through all research phases; and (c) employing a staged and adaptive recruitment plan that included a range of evidence-supported outreach strategies. Keys to overcoming barriers (e.g., underdiagnosis, misinformation about dementia, stigma, isolation, cultural insensitivity) and reaching a diverse set of persons with dementia specifically , included targeted outreach to potential enrollees (e.g.…”

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“…Examples of gatekeepers may include bus drivers, postal workers, or senior public housing staff (10,21,22). Multimodal approaches, those that incorporate a variety of strategies and recruitment sources, as well as elements of community-based participatory research (e.g., partnering with community organizations and stakeholders during all research phases) (26) and/or social marketing (e.g., application of commercial marketing techniques for clinical trial recruitment) (27–28), are potentially superior to a unilateral approach, but can also be resource intensive (28–31). …”

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A Multipronged, Adaptive Approach for the Recruitment of Diverse Community-Residing Elders with Memory Impairment: The MIND at Home Experience

Samus

Amjad

Johnston

et al. 2015

The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

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Objectives To provide a critical review of a multipronged recruitment approach used to identify, recruit and enroll a diverse community-based sample of persons with memory disorder into an 18 month randomized controlled dementia care coordination trial. Design Descriptive analysis of a recruitment approach comprised of 5 strategies: 1) Community Liaison (“gatekeepers”) method; (2) letters sent from trusted community organizations; (3) display and distribution of study materials in the community; (4) research registries; and (5) general community outreach and engagement activities. Setting Baltimore, MD. Participants 55 community organizations and 63 staff of community organizations. Intervention None Measurements Participant referral sources, eligibility, enrollment status, demographics, and loss to follow-up were tracked in a relational Access database. Results 1275 referrals were received and 303 socioeconomically, cognitively, and racially diverse community-dwelling persons with cognitive disorders were enrolled. Most referrals came from letters sent from community organizations directly to clients on the study’s behalf (39%) and referrals from community liaison organizations (29%). African-American/Black enrollees were most likely to come from Community Liaison organizations. Conclusions A multipronged, adaptive approach led to the successful recruitment of diverse community residing-elders with memory impairment for an intervention trial. Key factors for success included employing a range of evidence-supported outreach strategies; forming key strategic community partnerships; seeking regular stakeholder input through all research phases; and obtaining “buy-in” from community stakeholders by aligning study objectives with perceived unmet community needs.

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Recruitment of Older Adults: Success May Be in the Details

Cited by 96 publications

References 31 publications

Appearance Dissatisfaction, Body Appreciation, and Sexual Health in Women Across Adulthood

Appearance Dissatisfaction, Body Appreciation, and Sexual Health in Women Across Adulthood

Chemotherapy-related cognitive impairment in older patients with cancer

A Multipronged, Adaptive Approach for the Recruitment of Diverse Community-Residing Elders with Memory Impairment: The MIND at Home Experience

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