Smith C A, Coyle M E
Complementary and Alternative Therapies, School of Health Sciences, The University of South Australia, Adelaide.
Complement Ther Med. 2006 Mar;14(1):81-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2005.07.004. Epub 2005 Sep 8.
Recruitment of subjects to clinical trials is known to be difficult and there is little research describing recruitment and implementation strategies to CAM clinical trials. This paper describes the experiences from recruitment and implementation for five randomised controlled trials in women's health conducted in South Australia.
Descriptive study reporting on trial documentation and questionnaires completed by women.
Recruitment rates varied between trials and a variety of recruitment strategies were used between studies. Promotion of the trials to the wider community were facilitated by issuing press releases and subsequent reporting by the media. Women found the trial acceptable suggesting factors motivating and preventing women from participating were well addressed.
It is hoped that the experiences described here will give some insight to recruitment and implementation strategies. There is a need for more systematic research and evaluation of these strategies, and dissemination of these findings to assist with successful implementation of trials.
众所周知，招募受试者参与临床试验很困难，而且几乎没有研究描述补充与替代医学（CAM）临床试验的招募和实施策略。本文描述了在南澳大利亚进行的五项女性健康随机对照试验的招募和实施经验。
描述性研究，报告女性填写的试验文件和问卷情况。
各试验的招募率有所不同，各研究采用了多种招募策略。通过发布新闻稿以及随后媒体的报道，促进了向更广泛社区宣传这些试验。女性认为该试验是可以接受的，表明激励和阻碍女性参与的因素得到了很好的解决。
希望这里描述的经验能为招募和实施策略提供一些见解。需要对这些策略进行更系统的研究和评估，并传播这些研究结果，以协助试验的成功实施。
