Recruitment and retention strategies in mental health trials - A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recruitment and retention challenges are very common in mental health randomised trials. Investigators utilise different methods to improve recruitment or retention. However, evidence of the effectiveness and efficiency of these strategies in mental health has not been synthesised. This systematic review is to investigate and assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of different strategies to improve recruitment and retention in mental health randomised trials.

Methods and materials

MEDLINE, EMBASE, the Cochrane Methodology Register and PsycINFO were searched from beginning of record up to July 2016. Randomised trials involving participants with mental health problems which compared different strategies for recruitment or retention were selected. Two author

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6114918 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature