Knowledge and use of recruitment support tools among study coordinators at an academic medical center: The Novel Approaches to Recruitment Planning Study.
Academic medical centers
Clinical trials as topic
Cross-sectional studies
National center for advancing translational sciences (U.S.)
Patient selection
Research personnel
Journal
Contemporary clinical trials communications
ISSN: 2451-8654
Titre abrégé: Contemp Clin Trials Commun
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101671157
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Sep 2019
Sep 2019
Historique:
received:
23
10
2018
revised:
17
06
2019
accepted:
18
07
2019
entrez:
3
8
2019
pubmed:
3
8
2019
medline:
3
8
2019
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Study coordinators play an essential role on study teams; however, there remains a paucity of research on the supports and services they need to effectively recruit and retain study participants. A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 147 study coordinators from a large academic medical center. Survey items assessed barriers and facilitators to recruitment and retention, anxiety about reaching enrollment numbers, confidence for talking to potential study participants about research involvement, awareness and use of CTSA resources, and PI involvement with recruitment planning. Significant associations were found between anxiety about reaching target enrollment numbers and whether the study coordinator was the primary person responsible for developing a recruitment strategy. Three years or more serving as a study coordinator and levels of anxiety for reaching enrollment numbers was also significant. More institutional level supports and formal training opportunities are needed to enhance study coordinators' effectiveness to recruit participants.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Study coordinators play an essential role on study teams; however, there remains a paucity of research on the supports and services they need to effectively recruit and retain study participants.
METHODS
METHODS
A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 147 study coordinators from a large academic medical center. Survey items assessed barriers and facilitators to recruitment and retention, anxiety about reaching enrollment numbers, confidence for talking to potential study participants about research involvement, awareness and use of CTSA resources, and PI involvement with recruitment planning.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Significant associations were found between anxiety about reaching target enrollment numbers and whether the study coordinator was the primary person responsible for developing a recruitment strategy. Three years or more serving as a study coordinator and levels of anxiety for reaching enrollment numbers was also significant.
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
More institutional level supports and formal training opportunities are needed to enhance study coordinators' effectiveness to recruit participants.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31372576
doi: 10.1016/j.conctc.2019.100424
pii: S2451-8654(18)30169-8
pii: 100424
pmc: PMC6661275
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
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