Barriers to recruitment, retention and intervention delivery in a randomized trial among patients with firearm injuries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We discuss barriers to recruitment, retention, and intervention delivery in a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of patients presenting with firearm injuries to a Level 1 trauma center. The intervention was adapted from the Critical Time Intervention and included a six-month period of support in the community after hospital discharge to address recovery goals. This study was one of the first RCTs of a hospital- and community-based intervention provided solely among patients with firearm injuries.

Main text

Barriers to recruitment included limited staffing, coupled with wide variability in length of stay and admission times, which made it difficult to predict the best time to recruit. At the same time, more acutely affected patients needed more time to stabilize in

SUBMITTER: Floyd AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8311948 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature