Predictors of Research Assessment Completion in a Latino Sample with Dual Disorders.

ABSTRACT: Latinos are underrepresented in clinical trials, where they encounter challenges in participation and a lack of effective recruitment and retention strategies. For Latino migrants with mental health and substance use problems, these challenges are even greater. Analyzing results from a multicenter randomized clinical trial for Latino migrants with mental health and substance use problems in Boston, Massachusetts, USA as well as Madrid and Barcelona, Spain, we describe six retention strategies used to facilitate participant engagement in follow-up assessments, and report the sociodemographic, clinical, and educational factors associated with research assessment completion. Among 341 randomized participants, 77% completed the 12-month follow-up and 75% completed at least 3 of the 4 follow-up

SUBMITTER: Herrera L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7442710 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature