Recruitment strategies in randomised controlled trials of men aged 50 years and older: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To identify and review evaluations of strategies to recruit men aged 50 years and over to randomised controlled trials (RCTs).

Design

Systematic review and narrative synthesis.

Data sources

MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL and ORRCA databases were searched to 1 December 2017.

Eligibility criteria

Studies using quantitative methods to evaluate recruitment strategies to RCTs of men aged 50 years and older.

Data extraction and synthesis

A single reviewer extracted data (for each strategy, number of participants approached, screened and randomised, and cost). Study quality was assessed using National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Quality Assessment Tools and considered study design, description of interventions, description and measurement of outcomes, c

SUBMITTER: Bracken K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6500287 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature