Recruitment and retention into longitudinal health research from an adolescent perspective: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

High quality longitudinal studies investigating changes in health behaviours over the transition into early adulthood are critical. However, recruiting and retaining adolescents is challenging. This study explored adolescents' perspectives of signing up to and continuing involvement in a hypothetical longitudinal health research study.

Methods

Forty-eight individuals (15-20y) participated in nine in-person focus groups about recruitment and retention in research. Participants were (a) school students in the last year of compulsory school (Year 11, 15-16y), (b) school/college students in Sixth Form (Year 13, 17-18y), (c) Further Education students studying after secondary education, but not higher education (16-18y) and (d) young adults not in education, employment

SUBMITTER: Jong ST 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9841671 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature