Challenges in recruiting and retaining adolescents with abuse-related posttraumatic stress disorder: lessons learned from a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Research on effective recruitment and retention strategies for adolescents and young adults suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder is scarce. The aim of the current study was to provide data on recruitment sources, barriers, and facilitators for participation in a randomized controlled trial for young individuals with histories of sexual and/or physical abuse.

Methods

Study participants aged 14 to 21 were asked to complete a checklist on individual sources of recruitment, barriers, and facilitators for participation in the trial. Fifty-three out of the 80 study participants who were contacted completed the checklist (66.3%).

Results

Most respondents reported multiple recruitment sources, with online and media advertising search strategies indicated mo

SUBMITTER: Vogel A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7164245 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature