Barriers and facilitators for recruiting and retaining male participants into longitudinal health research: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Successfully recruiting male participants to complete a healthcare related study is important for healthcare study completion and to advance our clinical knowledgebase. To date, most research studies have examined the barriers and facilitators of female participants in longitudinal healthcare-related studies with limited information available about the needs of males in longitudinal research. This systematic review examines the unique barriers and facilitators to male recruitment across longitudinal healthcare-related research studies.

Methods

Following PRIMSA guidelines, MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL and Web of Science databases were systematically searched using the terms recruitment and/or retention, facilitators and/or barriers and longitudinal studies from 1900 to

SUBMITTER: Borg DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10882922 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature