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| Recruiting older men for geriatric suicide research | | Author(s) | Sunil S Bhar, Shannon Wiltsey-Stirman, David Zembroski |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 25, no 1, January 2013 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, January 2013 |
| Pages | pp 88-95 |
| Source | journals.cambridge.org/ipg |
| Keywords | Suicide ; Older men ; Preventative medicine ; Psychiatric treatment ; Therapy ; Research ; Participation ; Clinical surveys. |
| Annotation | In the USA, older adults have a higher suicide rate than any other segment of the population. For older men especially, there is an urgent need to develop and evaluate suicide prevention strategies. However such research is difficult to implement partly due to challenges associated with recruiting older suicidal men. Little attention has been given to identifying effective recruitment strategies for such research. This study evaluated the success and efficiency of five recruitment strategies for a clinical trial on the efficacy of cognitive therapy for suicidal older men. For each strategy, the numbers of individuals approached, screened, and enrolled were calculated, and the expenses and time associated with each enrolment estimated. Men who were 60 years or older and who had a desire for suicide over the past month were eligible for the trial. Of 955 individuals considered for trial, 33 were enrolled. Most enrolments were sourced from the Veterans Affairs Behavioral Health Laboratory. Recruiting from this source was also the most time and cost efficient recruitment strategy in the study. Overall the study showed that recruitment strategies are effective when they are based on collaborative relationships between researchers and providers, and utilise an existing infrastructure for involving patients in ongoing research opportunities. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-121221263 A |
| Classmark | EV: BC: LK2: LP: LO: 3A: TMB: 3G |
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