Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa, 43 Bruyère Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
BMC Med Res Methodol. 2010 Dec 13;10:109. doi: 10.1186/1471-2288-10-109.
While some research has been conducted examining recruitment methods to engage physicians and practices in primary care research, further research is needed on recruitment methodology as it remains a recurrent challenge and plays a crucial role in primary care research. This paper reviews recruitment strategies, common challenges, and innovative practices from five recent primary care health services research studies in Ontario, Canada.
We used mixed qualitative and quantitative methods to gather data from investigators and/or project staff from five research teams. Team members were interviewed and asked to fill out a brief survey on recruitment methods, results, and challenges encountered during a recent or ongoing project involving primary care practices or physicians. Data analysis included qualitative analysis of interview notes and descriptive statistics generated for each study.
Recruitment rates varied markedly across the projects despite similar initial strategies. Common challenges and creative solutions were reported by many of the research teams, including building a sampling frame, developing front-office rapport, adapting recruitment strategies, promoting buy-in and interest in the research question, and training a staff recruiter.
Investigators must continue to find effective ways of reaching and involving diverse and representative samples of primary care providers and practices by building personal connections with, and buy-in from, potential participants. Flexible recruitment strategies and an understanding of the needs and interests of potential participants may also facilitate recruitment.
虽然已经有一些研究探讨了招募医生和医疗机构参与初级保健研究的方法，但仍需要进一步研究招募方法，因为它仍然是一个反复出现的挑战，对初级保健研究起着至关重要的作用。本文综述了加拿大安大略省五项近期初级保健卫生服务研究的招募策略、常见挑战和创新做法。
我们使用混合定性和定量方法从五个研究团队的研究人员和/或项目工作人员那里收集数据。团队成员接受了采访，并被要求填写一份简短的调查问卷，内容涉及最近或正在进行的涉及初级保健实践或医生的项目中采用的招募方法、结果和遇到的挑战。数据分析包括对访谈记录的定性分析和每项研究生成的描述性统计数据。
尽管采用了类似的初始策略，但各项目的招募率差异显著。许多研究团队报告了常见的挑战和创造性的解决方案，包括构建抽样框架、建立前台关系、调整招募策略、促进对研究问题的认同和兴趣、以及培训员工招募者。
研究人员必须继续通过与潜在参与者建立个人联系并获得他们的认同，找到有效方法来接触和涉及多样化和有代表性的初级保健提供者和实践样本。灵活的招募策略以及对潜在参与者的需求和利益的了解也可能有助于招募。
