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Table 1 Overview of the different recruitment strategies

From: Efficacy and cost-utility of the eHealth self-management application 'Oncokompas', helping partners of patients with incurable cancer to identify their unmet supportive care needs and to take actions to meet their needs: a study protocol of a randomized controlled trial

Recruitment strategy

Recruitment channel

Recruitment through (online) recruitment materials

Online:

• Online advertising on websites and online newsletters

• Social

Printed:

• Advertisements in newspapers and magazines

• Leaflets and posters in offices of healthcare professionals

Recruitment through:

• Relevant organizations targeting informal caregivers or relatives of (cancer) patients

• Cancer patient organizations

• Walk-in consultation services

• Hospitals

• Psycho-oncological care centers

Recruitment through a healthcare professional

• Healthcare professionals (e.g. psychologists, rehabilitation centers, general practitioners, physiotherapists, nurse practitioners)

Recruitment through face-to-face contact with the researcher

• Events targeting partners of patients with incurable cancer

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