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| Time and cost for recruiting older adults | | Author(s) | Stephanie Taylor-Davis, Helen Smiciklas-Wright, Andrew C Davis |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 46, no 6, June 1998 |
| Pages | pp 753-757 |
| Keywords | Nutrition ; Living in the community ; Research ; Methodology ; Costs ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The time requirements and costs of recruiting older adults for participation in a medical centre, university-sponsored, home-based nutrition education study were examined in this study. A two-step recruitment strategy consisting of an introductory letter followed by a telephone call was used. A random selection of 1300 individuals aged 60 to 74 years was drawn from a patient database of a large hospital to receive introductory letters and recruitment telephone calls. Of the 1300 individuals selected, 1077 (83%) were contacted by telephone and 223 (17%) were unable to be reached. A total of 2895 calling attempts were required to determine the recruitment status of those identified as potential participants. Of those reached by telephone, the recruitment rate was 45%. The total cost per recruited subjects was US$ 8.56. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981005408 A |
| Classmark | CF: K4: 3A: 3D: WC: 7T |
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