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Recruiting older people for research through general practice
— the Brief Risk Identification Geriatric Health Tool trial | | Author(s) | Christine McLean, Ngaire Kerse, Simon A Moyes |
| Journal title | Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol 33, no 4, December 2014 |
| Publisher | Wiley, December 2014 |
| Pages | pp 257-263 |
| Source | wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/ajag |
| Keywords | General practice ; Patients ; Research ; Participation ; Clinical surveys ; New Zealand. |
| Annotation | The aim of the present study was to describe successful methods of recruitment and identify practice characteristics related to increased recruitment of older people for a randomised controlled trial. General practices in three regions of New Zealand and community-dwelling patients aged 75 and above were recruited for the Brief Risk Identification Geriatric Health Tool (BRIGHT) trial. General practitioners (GPs) were faxed invitations with telephone follow-up. Reply-paid cards with telephone follow-up were used to invite older people. GP and practice characteristics were examined in relationship to recruitment rate. During 2007_2008, 158 of 438 GPs (36%) in 60 of 116 practices approached (52%) were recruited. Regional variation was marked and 3893 of 8308 invited (49%) older people were recruited. The GP's length of time at the practice and training in New Zealand was associated with recruitment success. Despite variability in practice recruitment, a reasonably large and representative sample of older people was recruited through general practices. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150626255 A |
| Classmark | L5: LF: 3A: TMB: 3G: 7YN |
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