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Recruiting Community-Based Dementia Patients and Caregivers in a Nonpharmacologic Randomized Trial: What Works and How Much Does It Cost?
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Recruiting Community-Based Dementia Patients and Caregivers in a Nonpharmacologic Randomized Trial: What Works and How Much Does It Cost?

Karen Morrison, Laraine Winter and Laura N Gitlin
Journal of applied gerontology, v 35(7), pp 788-800
Jul 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0733464814532012
PMID: 24799354
Featured in Collection :   UN Sustainable Development Goals @ Drexel
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https://europepmc.org/articles/pmc4430444View
Accepted (AM)Open Access (License Unspecified),  Open

Abstract

Advertising as Topic - economics Biomedical Research - economics Biomedical Research - methods Caregivers - education Community-Institutional Relations - economics Dementia Humans Independent Living Newspapers as Topic - economics Patient Selection Postal Service - economics Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic - economics Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic - methods
The aim of this study was to evaluate the yield and cost of three recruitment strategies-direct mail, newspaper advertisements, and community outreach-for identifying and enrolling dementia caregivers into a randomized trial testing a nonpharmacologic approach to enhancing quality of life of patients and caregivers (dyads). Enrollment occurred between 2006 and 2008. The number of recruitment inquiries, number and race of enrollees, and costs for each recruitment strategy were recorded. Of 284 inquiries, 237 (83%) dyads enrolled. Total cost for recruitment across methodologies was US$154 per dyad. Direct mailings resulted in the most enrollees (n = 135, 57%) and was the least costly method (US$63 per dyad) compared with newspaper ads (US$224 per dyad) and community outreach (US$350 per dyad). Although enrollees were predominately White, mailings yielded the highest number of non-Whites (n = 37). Direct mailings was the most effective and least costly method for enrolling dyads in a nonpharmacologic dementia trial.

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