Cost Per Participant Recruited From Rural and Remote Areas Into a Smoking Cessation Trial Via Online or Traditional Strategies: Observational Study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Rural and remote residents are more likely to smoke than those who live in major cities; however, recruitment of research participants from rural and remote areas can be challenging. The cost per participant recruited from rural and remote areas via online (eg, social media) and traditional strategies (eg, print) has implications for researchers on how to allocate resources to maximize the number of participants recruited. Participant characteristics such as demographics, financial stress, mental health, and smoking-related factors may be associated with recruitment method (ie, online vs traditional), and so it is important to understand whether certain subgroups are more likely to be recruited via a particular strategy. OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to determine the cost per parti

SUBMITTER: Byaruhanga J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6880230 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature