Optimizing Retention in a Pragmatic Trial of Community-Living Older Persons: The STRIDE Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The Strategies to Reduce Injuries and Develop Confidence in Elders (STRIDE) study is testing the effectiveness of a multifactorial intervention to prevent serious fall injuries. Our aim was to describe procedures that were implemented to optimize participant retention; report retention yields by age, sex, clinical site, and follow-up time; provide reasons for study withdrawals; and highlight the successes and lessons learned from the STRIDE retention efforts.

Design

Pragmatic cluster randomized trial.

Setting

A total of 86 primary care practices within 10 US healthcare systems.

Participants

A total of 5451 community-living persons, 70 years of age or older, at high risk for serious fall injuries.

Measurements

Study outcomes were collected ever

SUBMITTER: Gill TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7707554 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature