Boston College, William F. Connell School of Nursing, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA.
J Midwifery Womens Health. 2012 Jul-Aug;57(4):381-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1542-2011.2011.00134.x. Epub 2012 Mar 20.
The purpose of this article is to describe the successful recruitment methods of a study focused on a pilot intervention for rural women who were experiencing abuse and who also were at risk for sexually transmitted infections. Initial recruitment into the study was the primary challenge, and strategies to overcome recruitment difficulties are discussed.
Eighty-seven women were screened, and 20 women were recruited from clinics into a 1-group pretest/posttest pilot study. The main inclusion criterion for the intervention was a past-year history of intimate partner violence (IPV).
After 1 month of recruitment, only 10 women agreed to be screened for IPV. Several creative strategies were utilized in the revision of the recruitment plan, with the most successful being knitting by the research staff and incentives to participants for screening. An additional 77 women agreed to be screened for study participation within 3 months of implementing the recruitment changes.
Personal involvement by the research staff and a nonthreatening and welcoming environment were necessary components for timely recruitment. Researcher flexibility and reevaluation allowed for changes to the recruitment plan that ultimately proved successful.
本文旨在描述一项针对遭受虐待且面临性传播感染风险的农村妇女的试点干预措施的研究的成功招募方法。最初的招募是主要挑战，讨论了克服招募困难的策略。
对 87 名妇女进行了筛查，并从诊所招募了 20 名妇女参加一项 1 组前后测试的试点研究。干预的主要纳入标准是过去一年有亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）的历史。
经过 1 个月的招募，只有 10 名妇女同意接受 IPV 的筛查。在修订招募计划时采用了一些创造性的策略，其中最成功的是研究人员的编织和为参与者筛查提供奖励。在实施招募变更后的 3 个月内，又有 77 名妇女同意接受筛查以参与研究。
研究人员的个人参与以及无威胁和欢迎的环境是及时招募的必要组成部分。研究人员的灵活性和重新评估允许对招募计划进行更改，最终证明这些更改是成功的。
