Table 2 Strategies employed to boost recruitment
From: Studying a disease with no home - lessons in trial recruitment from the PATCH II study
Strategies with good impact | Â |
|---|---|
Pay sites (for nurse time or administrative support) | Some success, but difficult to ring-fence time |
Reduce paperwork | Good feedback from investigators |
Training workshops | Good for boosting morale, temporary increase in recruitment |
Increase number of sites | Limited success, lots of additional work |
Advertise in local papers/radio | Good response, but limited by lack of funds |
Amend protocol/procedures | Some success |
Regular contact between co-ordinating centre and site | Some success, but difficult to contact doctors |
Strategies with little impact/unsure of impact | Â |
Regular newsletter (to recruiting sites and participants) | Unsure |
Website | Unsure |
Small gifts to top recruiters | Unsure |
Articles in journals/support group newsletters | Unsure |
Letters of encouragement from CI and PI | Limited impact |
Expand recruitment into primary care | Delays in approvals - not implemented in time |