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| Recruiting older adults with generalized anxiety disorder | | Author(s) | Rhonda L Akkerman, Melinda A Stanley, Patricia M Averill |
| Journal title | Journal of Mental Health and Aging, vol 7, no 4, Winter 2001 |
| Pages | pp 385-394 |
| Keywords | Anxiety ; Living in the community ; Participation ; Methodology ; Clinical surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Obtaining samples of older people with mental health difficulties - especially anxiety - is a challenging task for investigators. This article's aim was to replicate and extend earlier findings concerning the recruitment of older people living in the community who experience generalised anxiety disorder (GAD). Data gathered over a 45-month period of a clinical trial for GAD suggested that media sources produced both the greatest number of enquiries (66%) and study participants (79%). Surprisingly, referrals from healthcare practitioners accounted for only 6% of participants, highlighting the need to improve collaboration between medical and mental health practitioners. Data also addressed the representativeness of participants relative to callers in terms of inclusion/exclusion criteria and demographic characteristics. Overall, the report emphasises the importance of careful planning and monitoring of recruitment strategies for clinical trials with older people with GAD. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020416202 A |
| Classmark | ENP: K4: TMB: 3D: 3G: 7T |
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