Hough R L, Tarke H, Renker V, Shields P, Glatstein J
Department of Sociology, San Diego State University, USA.
J Consult Clin Psychol. 1996 Oct;64(5):881-91. doi: 10.1037//0022-006x.64.5.881.
Are the unstable residential and personal lives of homeless mentally ill (HMI) individuals so difficult as to preclude their inclusion in rigorous, longitudinal research protocols? The continued presence of HMI individuals in U.S. society has prompted the mental health research community to reconsider the question of whether clinical trial and demonstration research protocols are feasible with this population. This article briefly examines the existing research literature on recruitment and retention rates in recent studies of this population and, in more detail, the specific strategies used by researchers to recruit and retain HMI individuals as research participants. In general, with sufficient resources and the persistent use of existing strategies for recruitment and retention, HMI individuals can be successfully studied over time. Finally, to demonstrate this potential, the recruitment and retention strategies of the San Diego McKinney Homeless Mentally Ill Demonstration Research Program are described.
无家可归的精神病患者（HMI）不稳定的居住和个人生活是否困难到无法将他们纳入严格的纵向研究方案中？HMI人群在美国社会中的持续存在促使心理健康研究界重新思考临床试验和示范研究方案对此人群是否可行的问题。本文简要审视了近期针对该人群研究中的招募和保留率方面的现有研究文献，并更详细地探讨了研究人员用于招募和保留HMI个体作为研究参与者的具体策略。总体而言，有了足够的资源并持续运用现有的招募和保留策略，随着时间推移可以成功地对HMI个体进行研究。最后，为证明这种可能性，本文描述了圣地亚哥麦金尼无家可归精神病患者示范研究项目的招募和保留策略。
