Recruitment for exercise or physical activity interventions: a protocol for systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Recruiting participants into research trials is essential for the advancement of scientific knowledge that depends on clinical research studies. For the field of exercise and physical activity, there is an added difficulty in recruiting participants because participants must be willing to participate in an intervention that requires a significant commitment of both time and physical effort. Therefore, we have planned a systematic review to analyse how methodological factors, intervention characteristics and participant demographics impact recruitment rates in specific populations. This information will help researchers improve the design and recruitment approach in future studies.

Methods and analysis

A mixed methods systematic review will be performed on studie

SUBMITTER: Hoover JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5875599 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature