Recruitment of Older Kidney Transplant Recipients to a Longitudinal Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Currently, limited information is available regarding selection of the most successful strategies for recruitment of older adult kidney transplant recipients as research participants.

Objective

The aim of this study was to explore multiple modes of recruitment strategies to enroll older kidney transplant recipients in a 1-year longitudinal study.

Methods

We used a feasibility design to explore the following recruitment methods: face-to-face contact in the transplant clinic, paper flyers placed in the transplant clinic, Facebook, an online transplant newsletter, and a university website listing of research studies.

Results

Enrollment was open for 9 months, during which time websites and the Facebook portal were active, 142 newsletters were e-mailed, a

SUBMITTER: O'Brien T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7313092 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May/Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature