Approaches to Recruitment of Postmenopausal Women for a Community-Based Study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Few researchers have focused on the challenges of recruiting postmenopausal women for community-based research. Researchers have reported that multiple methods may be needed to recruit the required number of subjects. One contemporary approach to recruitment is use of Facebook. More studies are needed examining Facebook as a recruitment strategy. OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to examine which recruitment methods were most successful and cost-effective in recruiting postmenopausal women for a randomized controlled trial on bone loss. METHODS:Subjects were 276 postmenopausal women who had osteopenia and were within 5 years of menopause. Multiple methods were used to recruit women. To determine which methods were successful, women were asked how they learned about the study. D

SUBMITTER: Waltman NL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6602805 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul/Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature