Johnson Julene K, Gregorich Steven E, Acree Michael, Nápoles Anna M, Flatt Jason D, Pounds Dana, Pabst Alexandria, Stewart Anita L
Institute for Health & Aging, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Center for Aging in Diverse Communities, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 2017 Dec;8:106-113. doi: 10.1016/j.conctc.2017.09.006. Epub 2017 Sep 17.
To describe the recruitment and baseline results of the Community of Voices study that aims to examine the effect of a community choir intervention on the health and well-being of older adults from diverse racial/ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds.
Using community-based participatory research methods, we recruited adults age 60 and over from 12 Administration on Aging-supported senior centers in San Francisco into a 2-arm cluster-randomized controlled trial of the community choir intervention. Multiple outreach methods were used. We tracked outreach, screening, and recruitment metrics and collected demographics and baseline outcomes via community-based, interviewer-administered surveys and performance measures of cognition, physical function, and psychosocial variables.
The study contacted 819 individuals, screened 636, and enrolled 390 diverse older adults over a 42-month, phased recruitment period. The mean age was 71.2 (SD = 7.3), and the majority were women. Two-thirds of the sample are non-white, and 20% of participants reported having financial hardship.
Outreach and recruitment methods used in the Community of Voices trial facilitated enrollment of a large proportion of minority and lower-SES older adults in the final sample. Similar recruitment approaches could serve as a model for recruiting diverse racial/ethnic and socioeconomic older adults into research.
描述“声音社区”研究的招募情况和基线结果，该研究旨在考察社区合唱团干预对来自不同种族/族裔和社会经济背景的老年人的健康和幸福感的影响。
采用基于社区的参与性研究方法，我们从旧金山12个由老龄问题管理局支持的老年中心招募了60岁及以上的成年人，将其纳入社区合唱团干预的双臂整群随机对照试验。使用了多种外展方法。我们跟踪外展、筛查和招募指标，并通过基于社区的、由访谈员实施的调查以及认知、身体功能和社会心理变量的表现测量来收集人口统计学和基线结果。
在为期42个月的分阶段招募期间，该研究联系了819人，筛查了636人，并招募了390名不同的老年人。平均年龄为71.2岁（标准差=7.3），大多数为女性。三分之二的样本是非白人，20%的参与者报告有经济困难。
“声音社区”试验中使用的外展和招募方法有助于最终样本中很大一部分少数族裔和低社会经济地位的老年人入组。类似的招募方法可以作为招募不同种族/族裔和社会经济背景的老年人参与研究的一个模式。
