Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Research in Nursing and Health

Publisher

Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Publication Date

4-2010

Volume

33

Issue

2

Disciplines

Public Health

Abstract

Techniques to recruit and retain college fraternity and sorority members who reported past 30-day smoking into a cessation trial are described. Recruitment efforts included relationship-building, raffles, and screening survey administration during existing meetings. Surveys were administered to 76% (n = 3,276) of members in 30 chapters, 79% of eligible members agreed to participate, and 76% of those completed assessments and were enrolled in the trial (n = 452). The retention rate was 73%. Retention efforts included cash incentives, flexible scheduling, multiple reminders, chapter incentives, and use of chapter members as study personnel. Retention was not related to demographic, behavioral, or group characteristics. The strategies of partnership, convenience, and flexibility appear effective and may prove useful to investigators recruiting similar samples.

Keywords

recruitment, retention, clinical trial, college, smoking cessation

DOI

10.1002/nur.20372

Comments

This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Davidson, M. M., Cronk, N. J., Harris, K. J., Harrar, S., Catley, D. and Good, G. E. (2010), Strategies to recruit and retain college smokers in cessation trials. Res. Nurs. Health, 33: 144–155, which has been published in final form at doi: 10.1002/nur.20372. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.

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©2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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