Evaluating and improving recruitment and retention in an mHealth clinical trial: an example of iterating methods during a trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recruitment and retention strategy investigations in mHealth clinical trials are rare. Technology presents an opportunity to intensely and remotely evaluate recruitment, use of mobile apps, and retention, leading to new insights for continuous improvement of mHealth trials. The objective of this paper is to present a case study in which a trial evaluated and changed strategies during a clinical trial to improve recruitment, adherence to study protocols, and retention in the mHealth trial.

Methods

In Fall 2015, the NUYou trial enrolled 150 college freshmen in an mHealth protocol. Three months after study initiation, NUYou struggled to meet recruitment goals and maintain anticipated usage levels of the study smartphone application. Two sets of data were collected to

SUBMITTER: Pfammatter AF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5682361 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature