Mail and Telephone Outreach from Electronic Health Records for Research Participation on Cognitive Health and Aging.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This report describes the efficacy and utility of recruiting older individuals by mail to participate in research on cognitive health and aging using Electronic Health Records (EHR).

Methods

Individuals age 65 or older identified by EHR in the Mount Sinai Health System as likely to have Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) were sent a general recruitment letter (N=12,951). A comparison group of individuals with comparable age and matched for gender also received the letter (N=3,001).

Results

Of the 15,952 individuals who received the mailing, 953 (6.0%) responded. 215 (1.3%) declined further contact. Overall rate of expression of interest was 4.6%. Of the 738 individuals who responded positively to further contact, 321 indicated preference for further contact by

SUBMITTER: Pun K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8790221 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature