Alzheimer Disease Clinical Trial Recruitment: Does Participation in a Brief Cognitive Screen at a Community Health Fair Promote Research Engagement?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Slow participant recruitment impedes Alzheimer disease research progress. Although research suggests that direct involvement with potential participants supports enrollment, strategies for how best to engage potential participants are still unclear.

Purpose

This study explores whether community health fair (HF) attendees who engage in a brief cognitive screen (BCS) are more likely to enroll in research than attendees who do not complete a BCS.

Subjects

A total of 483 HF attendees.

Methods

Attendees were tracked for a 1-year period to ascertain research involvement.

Results

In total, 364 attendees expressed interest in research and 126 completed a BCS. Over the follow-up period, 21 individuals prescreened as eligible and 19 enrolled in an inves

SUBMITTER: Barber JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6249071 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature