Scott Ebony, McComb Bryan, Trachtman Howard, Mannon Lois, Rosenfeld Peri, Thornton Rachel, Bougrab Nassira, Sherman Scott, Langford Aisha
New York University School of Medicine, 227 East 30th Street, New York, NY, 10016, USA.
NYU Langone Health-Tisch, USA.
Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 2019 Jul 22;15:100424. doi: 10.1016/j.conctc.2019.100424. eCollection 2019 Sep.
Study coordinators play an essential role on study teams; however, there remains a paucity of research on the supports and services they need to effectively recruit and retain study participants.
A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 147 study coordinators from a large academic medical center. Survey items assessed barriers and facilitators to recruitment and retention, anxiety about reaching enrollment numbers, confidence for talking to potential study participants about research involvement, awareness and use of CTSA resources, and PI involvement with recruitment planning.
Significant associations were found between anxiety about reaching target enrollment numbers and whether the study coordinator was the primary person responsible for developing a recruitment strategy. Three years or more serving as a study coordinator and levels of anxiety for reaching enrollment numbers was also significant.
More institutional level supports and formal training opportunities are needed to enhance study coordinators' effectiveness to recruit participants.
研究协调员在研究团队中发挥着至关重要的作用；然而，对于他们有效招募和留住研究参与者所需的支持与服务，仍缺乏相关研究。
对一家大型学术医疗中心的147名研究协调员进行了横断面调查。调查项目评估了招募和留住参与者的障碍与促进因素、对达到入组人数的焦虑、与潜在研究参与者谈论参与研究的信心、对CTSA资源的知晓和使用情况，以及主要研究者对招募计划的参与情况。
在对达到目标入组人数的焦虑与研究协调员是否是制定招募策略的主要负责人之间，发现了显著关联。担任研究协调员三年或更长时间与对达到入组人数的焦虑程度之间也存在显著关联。
需要更多机构层面的支持和正规培训机会，以提高研究协调员招募参与者的效率。
