Recruitment and Retention Strategies for Randomized Clinical Trials Involving Family Members of ICU Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To review recruitment and retention strategies of randomized family-centered interventional studies in adult ICUs.

Data sources

The MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, CINAHL, and the Cochrane Library database from inception to February 2023.

Study selection

Randomized controlled trials with family-centered interventions in the ICU setting that reported at least one family-centered outcome that were included in our previously published systematic review.

Data extraction

For recruitment: Number of family members approached and enrolled, type of approach, location, time of day approached, whether medical team approached first, compensation offered, and type of consent. For retention: Number of family members enrolled and completed initial follow-up visit, mode

SUBMITTER: Samuels A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11199003 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature