Factors Associated with Clinical Research Recruitment in a Pediatric Academic Medical Center--A Web-Based Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

One of the most difficult aspects of conducting clinical research is the ability to successfully recruit participants. Pediatric clinical research presents unique recruitment challenges that relate to the need for parental consent on behalf of a minor, child assent, and school attendance. Yet, this has been less well studied. We conducted a survey of investigators performing human subjects research in a single large academic pediatric hospital to better understand characteristics of studies with successful recruitment.

Methods

We conducted a web-based survey from September 2011 to December 2011 of all principal investigators with an Institutional Review Board approved human subjects protocol at Boston Children's Hospital, a pediatric Academic Medical Center. The s

SUBMITTER: Denhoff ER 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4608599 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature