Knowledge and use of recruitment support tools among study coordinators at an academic medical center: The Novel Approaches to Recruitment Planning Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Study coordinators play an essential role on study teams; however, there remains a paucity of research on the supports and services they need to effectively recruit and retain study participants.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 147 study coordinators from a large academic medical center. Survey items assessed barriers and facilitators to recruitment and retention, anxiety about reaching enrollment numbers, confidence for talking to potential study participants about research involvement, awareness and use of CTSA resources, and PI involvement with recruitment planning.

Results

Significant associations were found between anxiety about reaching target enrollment numbers and whether the study coordinator was the primary person responsible f

SUBMITTER: Scott E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6661275 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature