Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15206, USA.
Qual Health Res. 2011 Dec;21(12):1705-18. doi: 10.1177/1049732311417727. Epub 2011 Aug 15.
Adequate participant recruitment is critical for the successful execution of research studies involving human subjects. Participant recruitment can be particularly challenging when the intended study participants are health care providers as opposed to patients. Discussions of the challenges and successful strategies associated with provider recruitment are limited, particularly regarding providers other than physicians and settings outside of primary care. Using a case study format, we present our experiences recruiting inpatient nurses into a study which involved focus group methodology at a United States Veterans Health Administration facility. We describe the initial logistical and ethical issues involved, various challenges we encountered, and five successful action strategies used during a second recruitment wave addressing logistical issues; on-site recruitment; increased scheduling flexibility and peer-to-peer recruitment; attention to the sensitive nature of the research topic; and increased involvement of stakeholders. In conclusion, we advocate for multimodal recruitment strategies that facilitate ongoing investigator-clinician partnerships.
充分的参与者招募对于涉及人体研究的成功执行至关重要。当研究参与者是医疗保健提供者而不是患者时，参与者招募可能会特别具有挑战性。有关提供者招募相关挑战和成功策略的讨论有限，特别是针对除医生以外的医疗保健提供者和初级保健以外的环境。我们使用案例研究的形式，介绍了我们在美国退伍军人事务部设施中通过焦点小组方法招募住院护士的经验。我们描述了最初涉及的后勤和道德问题、我们遇到的各种挑战以及在第二轮招募中使用的五个成功的行动策略，这些策略旨在解决后勤问题；现场招募；增加日程安排的灵活性和同行间招募；关注研究主题的敏感性；并增加利益相关者的参与度。总之，我们提倡采用多模式的招募策略，以促进研究人员与临床医生之间的持续合作。
