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Table 3 Perceived recruitment barriers given in the literature as reported by each trial

From: Recruitment strategies for predominantly low-income, multi-racial/ethnic children and parents to 3-year community-based intervention trials: Childhood Obesity Prevention and Treatment Research (COPTR) Consortium

Description

Minnesota (n = 534)

Vanderbilt (n = 610)

Stanford (n = 241)

CWRU (n = 360)

Time demands and scheduling conflicts

X

X

X

X

Disconnected phone number

X

X

X

X

Transportation to research site

 

X

X

X

Data collection requirement

X

X

X

 

Challenge working with a large group of institutions or organizations

X

  

X

Limited e-mail access

X

  

X

Transient population

X

  

X

Participants unfamiliar with research and study participation

X

  

X

Mails sent from school not received by family

X

  

X

Lack of interest

X

  

X

Feeling of mistrust

X

   

No staff from study population

X

   

Families failure to initiate interest in study

  

X

 

Limited number of bilingual staff

   

X

Needing both parent and child participation

   

X

Community collaborators unfamiliar with study

    

Extra paperwork for the participants

    

Low level of literacy or numeracy

    

Familial concerns that not all familial members will benefit

    

Failure to describe the study accurately

    

Inability to track the progress of potential participants