Online-Based Recruitment Methods for Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Scoping Review and Lessons Learned From the PLAN Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite rapid technological advancement and a considerably aging US population, there remains a gap in the literature pertaining to online-based recruitment strategies for older adults.

Objective

This study aimed to describe the lessons learned from the authors' experience of recruiting a sample for PLAN (Preparing successful aging through dementia Literacy education And Navigation), an ongoing, community-based randomized controlled trial designed to promote the transition of community-dwelling Korean American older adults with probable dementia and their caregivers into the health care system. The authors also present online-based recruitment strategies focused on older adults reported in relevant published studies to compare with their experiences.

Methods

SUBMITTER: Min D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11897674 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature