Dataset Information

RECRUITING FROM A DISTANCE: USING A HANDSHAKE PROTOCOL TO IMPROVE ENROLLMENT IN TELEHEALTH INTERVENTIONS

ABSTRACT: Abstract “Testing Tele-Savvy, an On-line Psychoeducation Program for Informal Alzheimer’s Caregivers” is a 3-arm randomized trial of an on-line version of the Savvy Caregiver program (NCT03033875). Participants are recruited from four NIA funded Alzheimer’s Disease Centers across the United States with Emory University serving as the coordinating center. The goal is to enroll 270 participants (65% White, 20% African American, 15% Latino). Over 10-months, three sites performed above their target. However, one site that was projected to recruit majority of the racial minority participants was only 50% effective in meeting its recruitment goals. To increase this site’s success rate, a “handshake protocol” was established by the site’s research coordinator and a co-investigator from the coordinating center, both of whom are culturally congruent with each other and the targeted recruitment community. The handshake protocol enabled a sharing of the responsibility of enrolling participants. During pre-set phone calls each week, the research coordinator introduced potential participants to the investigator who then further explained the study and engaged them in the consent process. Within the first month of implementation, recruitment increased by 20%. Within five months, a 338% growth in study enrollment occurred for this site. This protocol is an example of a successful, innovative approach to enrolling minority study participants from a distance.

SUBMITTER: Epps F

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6227482 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

ACCESS DATA

Similar Datasets

Project description:IntroductionTelehealth interventions have the potential of improving health outcomes for individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, the precise impact of telehealth on exacerbation and hospital readmissions remains inconclusive. This lack of knowledge on the effectiveness of telehealth for COPD care might be due to lack of clarity regarding which variables are most strongly associated with enrolment and dropout rates.ObjectivesAmong individuals with COPD in telehealth studies, we aimed to: (1) estimate the extent to which trial-related variables are associated with enrolment and dropout rates, and identify reasons for dropouts; (2) estimate the extent to which patients-related and intervention-related variables are associated with dropout rates; (3) estimate the effect of enrolment rate and dropout rate on effect size; (4) estimate the effect of trial-related, patient-related, and intervention-related variables on effect size.MethodsA systematic literature search was conducted using four electronic databases. Two independent reviewers screened all retrieved titles, abstracts and full texts according to the inclusion criteria and extracted the data. A random-effect meta-regression analysis was conducted to estimate the overall enrolment and dropout rates, and estimated the different variables' effects on the enrolment rate, dropout rate, and effect sizes in the studies included in the review.ResultsA total of 56 studies comprising 7530 participants were identified. The estimated enrolment and dropout rates were 50.3 % and 14.9 %, respectively. Trial-related variables influence enrollment and dropout rates, including RCT designs and the recruitments. The patient-related variables, including age and severity of the disease, and intervention-related variables, including the components of the intervention and mode of delivery, influence dropout rates. Studies with low dropout rates had a bigger effect size by 0.23. The main reported reasons for dropping out of the intervention were related to death (21 %) followed by lost to follow-up (14 %).ConclusionTrial, patient, and intervention-related variables were found to influence the enrolment and dropout rates. This would help plan and develop a more appealing telehealth intervention that patients can easily accept and incorporate into their everyday lives.Registration informationInternational Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO); ID: CRD42017078541.

Project description:INTRODUCTION:There is evidence that the use of some reporting guidelines, such as the Consolidated Standards for Reporting Trials, is associated with improved completeness of reporting in health research. However, the current levels of adherence to reporting guidelines are suboptimal. Over the last few years, several actions aiming to improve compliance with reporting guidelines have been taken and proposed. We will conduct a scoping review of interventions to improve adherence to reporting guidelines in health research that have been evaluated or suggested, in order to inform future interventions. METHODS AND ANALYSIS:Our review will follow the Joanna Briggs Institute scoping review methods manual. We will search for relevant studies in MEDLINE, EMBASE and Cochrane Library databases. Moreover, we will carry out lateral searches from the reference lists of the included studies, as well as from the lists of articles citing the included ones. One reviewer will screen the full list, which will be randomly split into two halves and independently screened by the other two reviewers. Two reviewers will perform data extraction independently. Discrepancies will be solved through discussion. In addition, this search strategy will be supplemented by a grey literature search. The interventions found will be classified as assessed or suggested, as well as according to different criteria, in relation to their target (journal policies, journal editors, authors, reviewers, funders, ethical boards or others) or the research stage at which they are performed (design, conducting, reporting or peer review). Descriptive statistical analysis will be performed. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION:A paper summarising the findings from this review will be published in a peer-reviewed journal. This scoping review will contribute to a better understanding and a broader perspective on how the problem of adhering better to reporting guidelines has been tackled so far. This could be a major first step towards developing future strategies to improve compliance with reporting guidelines in health research.

Dataset Information

RECRUITING FROM A DISTANCE: USING A HANDSHAKE PROTOCOL TO IMPROVE ENROLLMENT IN TELEHEALTH INTERVENTIONS

Similar Datasets

OmicsDI is part of the ELIXIR infrastructure

Tweets