Perspectives on Recruitment and Representativeness in Forensic Psychiatric Research.

ABSTRACT: Participant representativeness and statistical power are crucial elements of robust research with human participants, both of which relate to the successful recruitment of research participants. Nevertheless, such core features may often not be fully reported or duly considered in psychiatric research. Building on our experiences of collecting data in the context of forensic mental health services, we discuss issues regarding participant recruitment and representativeness in our field with its particular characteristics. A quick sampling and brief overview of the literature in four specialized forensic mental health journals is presented, demonstrating that published manuscripts rarely describe the data in sufficient detail for the reader to assess sample representativeness and statistical

SUBMITTER: Pedersen SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8247569 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature