Maxwell Annette E, Bastani Roshan, Vida Perlaminda, Warda Umme S
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control Research, UCLA School of Public Health and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA 90095-6900, USA.
J Community Health. 2005 Jun;30(3):167-79. doi: 10.1007/s10900-004-1956-0.
Recruitment and retention of subjects in cancer prevention, screening, and treatment trials is challenging, especially if subjects are low-income, from minority groups or immigrants with limited English fluency. This article describes our experiences in recruiting 530 female Filipino-American immigrants at community based organizations and churches for a randomized trial that assessed the effect of a small group educational session on breast and cervical cancer screening. We found that a personal invitation from either a female project liaison, a friend, or the Filipino project director were all successful strategies that resulted in over 80% attendance at an educational session that was offered as part of the study. Although non-attendees did not differ from attendees in demographic characteristics, they expressed significantly more barriers to participating in a health study. Attendance at the group session was a significant predictor of retention in the study. We were able to conduct telephone follow-up surveys among 88% of enrollees at 12 month follow-up and 76% at 24 month follow-up. Results and implications are discussed in the hope that they may facilitate future participation of Filipinos and other Asian immigrants in research.
在癌症预防、筛查和治疗试验中招募和留住受试者具有挑战性，特别是当受试者为低收入人群、少数族裔或英语流利程度有限的移民时。本文描述了我们在社区组织和教堂招募530名菲律宾裔美国女性移民参与一项随机试验的经历，该试验评估了小组教育课程对乳腺癌和宫颈癌筛查的效果。我们发现，由女性项目联络人、朋友或菲律宾项目主任发出的个人邀请都是成功的策略，这些策略使得作为研究一部分提供的教育课程的出席率超过80%。虽然未出席者在人口统计学特征上与出席者没有差异，但他们表示参与健康研究的障碍明显更多。参加小组课程是研究中留存率的一个重要预测因素。我们能够在12个月随访时对88%的登记者进行电话随访调查，在24个月随访时对76%的登记者进行电话随访调查。本文讨论了研究结果及其影响，希望它们能促进菲律宾人和其他亚洲移民未来参与研究。
