Thompson E E, Neighbors H W, Munday C, Jackson J S
Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48106-1248, USA.
J Consult Clin Psychol. 1996 Oct;64(5):861-7. doi: 10.1037//0022-006x.64.5.861.
The issues related to recruiting African American psychiatric inpatients are discussed in the context of a study on the influence of ethnicity on psychiatric diagnosis. Ethnically diverse psychiatric residents interviewed 960 Black and White inpatients in 2 urban psychiatric hospitals. Despite the obstacles cited in the literature about recruiting and retaining African Americans into research, 78% of this sample were African American. In addition, interview completion and refusal rates did not differ by patient ethnicity. Results suggest that matching interviewer and patient ethnicity did not influence African Americans' likelihood of participating in or of refusing an interview. This article summarizes a number of guidelines that others may find useful in conducting clinical research with African Americans, ranging from the formation of academic-public liaisons to interviewer training.
在一项关于种族对精神科诊断影响的研究背景下，探讨了招募非裔美国精神科住院患者的相关问题。来自不同种族的精神科住院医师在两家城市精神病医院对960名黑人和白人住院患者进行了访谈。尽管文献中提到在招募和留住非裔美国人参与研究方面存在障碍，但该样本中有78%是非裔美国人。此外，访谈完成率和拒绝率在不同种族患者中并无差异。结果表明，访谈者与患者的种族匹配并未影响非裔美国人参与访谈或拒绝访谈的可能性。本文总结了一些其他人可能会发现对与非裔美国人进行临床研究有用的指导方针，从建立学术-公众联络到访谈者培训。
