Sickinger Kevin, Walker William C, Agyemang Amma A, Cifu David X, Lewis Tiffany L, Carne William
a Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation , Virginia Commonwealth University , Richmond, VA , USA.
b Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center Richmond , VA , USA.
Brain Inj. 2018;32(10):1218-1225. doi: 10.1080/02699052.2018.1492740. Epub 2018 Jul 9.
The primary objective of the study is to identify and delineate effective recruitment practises in a large, multi-site, longitudinal, observational study employing both military service members and Veterans.
Four Chronic Effects of Neurotrauma Consortium sites.
A descriptive study.
Overall and cohort-specific recruitment increased with the addition of focused recruitment strategies and a military/Veteran-centric recruitment director.
Use of site-specific strategies aligned with local Institutional Review Board procedures and emphasizing awareness of service member organizational allegiances was the key to effective recruiting. Adding a recruitment director with background similar to study participants coincided with significantly improved overall participant numbers and specific subpopulations of research subjects, thus adding to the value of the study.
本研究的主要目标是在一项涉及现役军人和退伍军人的大型、多地点、纵向观察性研究中，识别并描述有效的招募方法。
神经创伤联盟的四个慢性影响研究地点。
一项描述性研究。
随着针对性招募策略的增加以及设立以军人/退伍军人为核心的招募主管，总体招募人数以及特定队列的招募人数有所增加。
采用与当地机构审查委员会程序相一致的特定地点策略，并强调对军人组织忠诚度的认知，是有效招募的关键。增加一名具有与研究参与者相似背景的招募主管，使得总体参与者数量以及特定研究对象亚群显著增加，从而提升了研究价值。
