Department of Health, Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences, St.Gallen, Switzerland.
Pragmatic Evidence Lab, Research Center for Clinical Neuroimmunology and Neuroscience Basel (RC2NB), University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen. 2024 Jan-Dec;39:15333175241276443. doi: 10.1177/15333175241276443.
Study recruitment of persons with dementia is challenging. We aimed to assess facilitators, barriers, and strategies to identify and approach persons with dementia for recruitment to dementia care studies. We systematically searched MEDLINE/PubMed, CINAHL, Web of Science, and other sources (ORRCA [Online Resource for Research in Clinical triAls]; pertinent evidence syntheses; citation searching) and narratively summarised the results (PROSPERO CRD42022342600). Facilitators and barriers consisted of "characteristics of participants, researchers, clinical contact persons", "study characteristics", and "communication with participants". The highest number of participants were recruited by study information in electronic and print formats, as well as by networking and collaboration. Advertisements proved to be the most expensive way of recruitment. There is limited evidence on the impact of recruitment strategies to identify persons with dementia for recruitment to dementia care studies. Our analysis of facilitators and barriers may inform research teams in designing strategies to identify persons with dementia for recruitment purposes.
招募痴呆症患者具有挑战性。我们旨在评估识别和接触痴呆症患者以招募他们参加痴呆症护理研究的促进因素、障碍和策略。我们系统地检索了 MEDLINE/PubMed、CINAHL、Web of Science 和其他来源（ORRCA [临床试验在线资源]；相关证据综合；引文搜索），并对结果进行了叙述性总结（PROSPERO CRD42022342600）。促进因素和障碍包括“参与者、研究人员、临床联系人的特征”、“研究特征”和“与参与者的沟通”。通过电子和印刷格式的研究信息、网络和合作，招募到的参与者人数最多。广告被证明是最昂贵的招募方式。关于识别痴呆症患者以招募他们参加痴呆症护理研究的招募策略的影响，证据有限。我们对促进因素和障碍的分析可以为研究团队设计识别痴呆症患者以招募目的的策略提供信息。
