Auster Josephine, Janda Monika
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
Australas J Ageing. 2009 Sep;28(3):149-51. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2009.00362.x.
To provide a systematic review of papers comparing the effectiveness of different strategies to recruit older adults (aged 50 years and over) to participate in health research studies, to guide successful recruitment in future research.
Four major databases were searched for papers published between 1995 and 2008 with: target group aged 50 years or over; participants allocated to receive one of two or more recruitment strategies; and an outcome measure of response rate or enrolment in study.
Twelve papers were included in the review.
For postal questionnaires, recruitment strategies used with older adults had comparable outcomes to those used to recruit from the general population. For other types of studies, strategies involving face-to-face contact may be more effective than indirect methods, but this needs to be balanced against feasibility. Overall, little evidence on the topic exists and more rigorous investigation is necessary.
对比较不同策略招募老年人（50岁及以上）参与健康研究有效性的论文进行系统综述，以指导未来研究中的成功招募。
检索了四个主要数据库，查找1995年至2008年间发表的论文，要求：目标群体为50岁及以上；参与者被分配接受两种或更多招募策略中的一种；以及以应答率或研究入组率作为结果指标。
该综述纳入了12篇论文。
对于邮寄问卷，用于老年人的招募策略与用于从一般人群中招募的策略有相当的结果。对于其他类型的研究，涉及面对面接触的策略可能比间接方法更有效，但这需要与可行性相平衡。总体而言，关于该主题的证据很少，需要进行更严格的调查。
