Strategies and Challenges in Recruiting Pregnant Women with Elevated Body Mass Index for a Behavioral Lifestyle Intervention.

ABSTRACT: Purpose: Pregnant women with elevated body mass index (BMI) are difficult to recruit into lifestyle studies. This article (1) summarized strategies to recruit pregnant women into a randomized trial, and (2) reported recruitment statistics and their correlates. Materials and Methods: African American and white women with BMI ≥25 and gestational age <16 weeks were recruited primarily through obstetric clinics into the Health in Pregnancy and Postpartum study. Women completed a brief screening form, and if initially eligible, a phone screening. We compared characteristics of those randomized versus not randomized. Results: Initially eligible pregnant women (N = 1578) were identified through direct recruitment by research staff, indirect recruit

SUBMITTER: Liu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7785065 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature