Attrition in Randomized Controlled Trials for Pediatric Chronic Conditions
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OBJECTIVE: To examine attrition variables in randomized controlled trials of cognitive behavioral interventions for children with chronic illnesses. METHODS: We examined attrition rates reported on 40 randomized cognitive behavioral interventions published in six pediatric research journals, during the years 2002-2007. Intervention focus was limited to children with a chronic medical condition, such as asthma, obesity, arthritis, diabetes, cancer, sickle cell disease, and cystic fibrosis. RESULTS: Mean rate of enrollment refusal was 37% (range 0-75%). Mean attrition rate was 20% (range 0-54%) for initial follow-up and 32% (range 0-59%) for extended follow-up. Of the reviewed articles, 40% included a CONSORT diagram. CONCLUSIONS: Strategies that can be used to limit attrition include tailoring recruitment to the study population, providing personalized feedback, maintaining consistent study procedures, providing incentives, and using intensive tracking measures. There is a need for standardized definitions and reporting of attrition rates in randomized cognitive behavioral intervention studies.
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Kannisto, K. A., Korhonen, J., Adams, C. E., Koivunen, M. H., Vahlberg, T., & Välimäki, M. A. (2017) · Journal of Medical Internet Research · doi:10.2196/jmir.6417 · Cited by 69 · see citing works
“Attrition data were categorized into two groups: (1) attrition during SMS text message intervention and (2) attrition during the 12-month follow-up period [29].”
MethodAkl, E. A., Kahale, L. A., Agoritsas, T., Brignardello-Petersen, R., Busse, J. W., Carrasco-Labra, A., Ebrahim, S., Johnston, B. C., Neumann, I., Sola, I., et al. (2015) · Systematic Reviews · doi:10.1186/s13643-015-0083-6 · Cited by 66 · see citing works
“up [13].”
Klee, P., Bussien, C., Castellsague, M., Combescure, C., Dirlewanger, M., Girardin, C. M., Mando, J.-L., Perrenoud, L., Salomon, C. G., Schneider, F., et al. (2018) · Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics · doi:10.1089/dia.2018.0255 · Cited by 64 · see citing works
“19 Risk factors for noncompliance were older age and longer duration of diabetes.”
Ewald, H., Kirby, J., Rees, K., & Robertson, W. (2013) · Journal of Public Health · doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdt108 · Cited by 57 · see citing works
Jensen, C. D., Aylward, B. S., & Steele, R. G. (2012) · Obesity · doi:10.1038/oby.2012.96 · Cited by 54 · see citing works
“, preinclusion, baseline assessment, prior to completion of intervention, lost to follow-up (16)).”
BackgroundHall, N. J., Sherratt, F. C., Eaton, S. D., Reading, I., Walker, E., Chorozoglou, M., Beasant, L., Wood, W., Stanton, M. P., Corbett, H. J., et al. (2021) · Health Technology Assessment · doi:10.3310/hta25100 · Cited by 51 · see citing works
Barakat, L. P., Patterson, C. A., Mondestin, V., Chávez, V., Austin, T., Robinson, M. R., Li, Y., Smith‐Whitley, K., & Cohen, R. T. (2012) · Contemporary Clinical Trials · doi:10.1016/j.cct.2012.11.001 · Cited by 50 · see citing works
“Recruitment and retention rates in cognitive behavioral intervention trials for children with chronic medical conditions are particularly low [5].”
BackgroundResultZheng, D. J., Lu, X., Schore, R. J., Balsamo, L. M., Devidas, M., Winick, N. J., Raetz, E. A., Loh, M. L., Carroll, W. L., Sung, L., et al. (2017) · Cancer · doi:10.1002/cncr.31085 · Cited by 49 · see citing works
“Attrition and missing data are a common problem in large studies of pediatric patients with chronic disease.(44) When comparing participants who completed the final evaluation versus those who did not, we found that girls and those with better physical functioning at 2 months were more likely to complete the final eva…”
BackgroundBean, M. K., Mazzeo, S. E., Stern, M., Bowen, D. J., & Ingersoll, K. S. (2011) · Contemporary Clinical Trials · doi:10.1016/j.cct.2011.04.010 · Cited by 47 · see citing works
“To increase effectiveness, strategies to enhance compliance with treatment and reduce attrition (often ≥50% [8]) are needed, as adolescents who adhere to treatment recommendations (i.”
BackgroundCoping skills for reducing pain and somatic symptoms in adolescents with IBD
McCormick, M., Reed-Knight, B., Lewis, J. D., Gold, B. D., & Blount, R. L. (2010) · Inflammatory Bowel Diseases · doi:10.1002/ibd.21302 · Cited by 46 · see citing works
Worsfold, S., Mahon, M., Pimperton, H., Stevenson, J., & Kennedy, C. (2018) · Research in Developmental Disabilities · doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2018.04.007 · Cited by 45 · see citing works
Headstrong intervention for pediatric migraine headache: a randomized clinical trial
Rapoff, M. A., Connelly, M. A., Bickel, J. L., Powers, S. W., Hershey, A. D., Allen, J. R., Karlson, C., Litzenburg, C. C., & Belmont, J. M. (2014) · The Journal of Headache and Pain · doi:10.1186/1129-2377-15-12 · Cited by 44 · see citing works
“and having improved tracking systems may also help minimize attrition in the future [33].”
BackgroundSelf-citationAttrition in a 30-year follow-up of a perinatal birth risk cohort: factors change with age
Launes, J., Hokkanen, L., Laasonen, M. R., Tuulio‐Henriksson, A., Virta, M., Lipsanen, J. O., Tienari, P. J., & Michelsson, K. (2014) · PeerJ · doi:10.7717/peerj.480 · Cited by 39 · see citing works
Adherence to study medication and visits: Data from the BABY HUG trial
Thornburg, C. D., Rogers, Z. R., Jeng, M., RANA, S. R., Iyer, R. V., Faughnan, L., Hassen-Schilling, L., Marshall, J., McDonald, R. P., Wang, W. C., et al. (2009) · Pediatric Blood & Cancer · doi:10.1002/pbc.22324 · Cited by 39 · see citing works
“Prior studies have evaluated predictors of attrition and adherence with study procedures in pediatric clinical trials [8–15].”
MethodDaniel, L. C., Li, Y.-M., Smith, K. E., Tarazi, R. A., Robinson, M., Patterson, C. A., Smith-Whitley, K., Stuart, M. J., & Barakat, L. (2015) · Journal of Pediatric Psychology · doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsv063 · Cited by 40 · see citing works
“…participatory strategies such as focus groups and a peer patient navigator to improve intervention uptake owing to high rates of attrition in pediatric psychology (Karlson & Rapoff, 2009) and SCD-specific intervention trials (Barakat, Schwartz, Salamon, & Radcliffe, 2010; Kaslow et al., 1997).”
BackgroundThe OutSMARTers Program for Children With ADHD
Hannesdottir, D. K., Ingvarsdottir, E., & Bjornsson, A. S. (2014) · Journal of Attention Disorders · doi:10.1177/1087054713520617 · Cited by 38 · see citing works
“For example, CBT for children with chronic illnesses has had 20% attrition on average with 37% of eligible participants refusing to enroll in treatment (Karlson & Rapoff, 2009).”
BackgroundLernmark, B., Johnson, S. B., Vehik, K., Smith, L. B., Ballard, L., Baxter, J., McLeod, W., Roth, R., & Simell, T. T. (2011) · Contemporary Clinical Trials · doi:10.1016/j.cct.2011.03.009 · Cited by 38 · see citing works
“For behavioral pediatric trials in children with chronic conditions, an overall enrollment rate of 63% has been reported [1].”
Engaging families in physical activity research: a family-based focus group study
Brown, H. E., Schiff, A., & van Sluijs, E. M. F. (2015) · BMC Public Health · doi:10.1186/s12889-015-2497-4 · Cited by 37 · see citing works
Wagner, J. L., Smith, G. M., Ferguson, P. L., van Bakergem, K., & Hrisko, S. (2011) · Seizure · doi:10.1016/j.seizure.2011.02.010 · Cited by 36 · see citing works
Text Messaging Effect on Adherence in Children With Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Miloh, T., Shub, M. D., Montes, R. G., Ingebo, K. R., Silber, G. H., & Pasternak, B. A. (2016) · Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition · doi:10.1097/mpg.0000000000001399 · Cited by 34 · see citing works
“Studying adolescents is known to be challenging, with high attrition rates up to 32% and is higher when initial follow-up interval is increased (18).”
BackgroundBamer, A. M., McMullen, K. A., Gibran, N. S., Holavanahalli, R. K., Schneider, J. C., Carrougher, G. J., WIECHMAN, S. A., Wolfe, A. E., & Amtmann, D. (2019) · Journal of Burn Care & Research · doi:10.1093/jbcr/irz186 · Cited by 35 · see citing works
Akl, E. A., Kahale, L. A., Ebrahim, S., Alonso‐Coello, P., Schünemann, H. J., & Guyatt, G. H. (2016) · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology · doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2016.02.022 · Cited by 32 · see citing works
Jung, M. E., Bourne, J. E., & Gainforth, H. L. (2018) · International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity · doi:10.1186/s12966-017-0638-0 · Cited by 31 · see citing works
“In addition to recruitment challenges, high attrition rates were reported, similar to those seen in previous research with children of ethnic minorities and from low socio-economic families [27].”
ResultDriscoll, K. A., Killian, M., Johnson, S. B., Silverstein, J. H., & Deeb, L. C. (2009) · Contemporary Clinical Trials · doi:10.1016/j.cct.2009.01.008 · Cited by 29 · see citing works
The engagement pathway: A conceptual framework of engagement-related terms in weight management
Nobles, J., Perez, A. J., Skelton, J. A., Spence, N. D., & Ball, G. D. C. (2018) · Obesity Research & Clinical Practice · doi:10.1016/j.orcp.2017.12.005 · Cited by 28 · see citing works
“, smok58 ing cessation, cardiac rehabilitation, and physical 59 activity) [1,2,8,9].”
BackgroundA Pilot Study of Yoga for Chronic Headaches in Youth: Promise Amidst Challenges
Hainsworth, K. R., Salamon, K. S., Khan, K. A., Mascarenhas, B., Davies, W. H., & Weisman, S. J. (2013) · Pain Management Nursing · doi:10.1016/j.pmn.2012.12.002 · Cited by 27 · see citing works
E-Health Interventions in Pediatrics
Rapoff, M. A. (2013) · Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology · doi:10.1037/cpp0000038 · Cited by 27 · see citing works
Self-citationBoogerd, E. A., Schaaijk, N. M.-V., Sas, T., Boers, A. C.-D., Smallenbroek, M., Nuboer, R., Noordam, C., & Verhaak, C. M. (2017) · Journal of Medical Internet Research · doi:10.2196/jmir.6639 · Cited by 28 · see citing works
“%) fell within the ranges described in the review by Karlson and Rapoff (2009), who found the refusal rates in eHealth studies to be ranging from 0% to 75% (mean 37”
Jonassaint, C. R., Kang, C., Prussien, K. V., Yarboi, J., Sanger, M., Wilson, J. D., Castro, L. D., Shah, N., & Sarkar, U. (2018) · Translational Behavioral Medicine · doi:10.1093/tbm/iby107 · Cited by 21 · see citing works
“This was particularly surprising given reports of high dropout (>25%) in studies with this population [43,44] and an average of 20% attrition rate among similar CBT trials [45].”
ResultLau, N., Bradford, M. C., Steineck, A., Junkins, C. C., Yi‐Frazier, J. P., McCauley, E., & Rosenberg, A. R. (2019) · Psycho-Oncology · doi:10.1002/pon.5098 · Cited by 26 · see citing works
“Such time commitments may be prohibitive for AYAs with cancer and their caregivers.(21) Additionally, having a trained doctoral‐ level psychologist that provides individual therapy to all cancer patients is infeasible because of personnel shortages.”
BackgroundEmotional and behaviour difficulties in teenagers with permanent childhood hearing loss
Stevenson, J., Pimperton, H., Kreppner, J., Worsfold, S., Terlektsi, E., & Kennedy, C. (2017) · International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology · doi:10.1016/j.ijporl.2017.07.031 · Cited by 26 · see citing works
“This attrition rate is nevertheless low for a longitudinal study of a teenage population with a long-term medical condition [35].”
BackgroundNobles, J., Griffiths, C., Pringle, A., & Gately, P. (2016) · International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity · doi:10.1186/s12966-016-0399-1 · Cited by 25 · see citing works
“Participant dropout, and consequent programme attrition, challenges programme effectiveness, both in WM 13, 14 and in chronic ill health management [9 – 13].”
Lester, E., DiStefano, S., Mace, R., Macklin, E., Plotkin, S., & Vranceanu, A.-M. (2020) · General Hospital Psychiatry · doi:10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2019.12.001 · Cited by 22 · see citing works
Loss to follow-up in a randomized controlled trial study for pediatric weight management (EPOC)
Warschburger, P., & Kröller, K. (2016) · BMC Pediatrics · doi:10.1186/s12887-016-0727-2 · Cited by 24 · see citing works
“Reviewing the attrition rates in randomized controlled studies of chronic illness in childhood, Karlson and Rapoff [2] reported that on average, 37 % (range 0–75 %) refused to take part in the study at the beginning, 4 % (range 0–35 %) provided no baseline data, 20 % (range 0–54 %) no initial follow-up data, and 32 %…”
BackgroundInfluentialJohal, S., Ralston, S., & Knight, C. (2013) · Value in Health · doi:10.1016/j.jval.2013.08.2294 · Cited by 23 · see citing works
“This is not unusual for pediatric experimental research, in which age is one of the most commonly cited predictors of early study dropout [18], and especially when considering the extension of the already significant standard treatment regimen with the introduction of mifamurtide.”
BackgroundStevenson, J., Pimperton, H., Kreppner, J., Worsfold, S., Terlektsi, E., Mahon, M., & Kennedy, C. (2017) · Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry · doi:10.1111/jcpp.12803 · Cited by 23 · see citing works
“This degree of attrition is relatively low for follow-up studies of longterm paediatric conditions (Karlson & Rapoff, 2009).”
BackgroundBull, K., Liossi, C., Culliford, D. J., Peacock, J. L., Kennedy, C., & on behalf of the Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG) (2014) · Neuro-Oncology Practice · doi:10.1093/nop/npu016 · Cited by 22 · see citing works
“Female 16 (43) 23 (66) 19 (50) Mother respondent 35 (95) 32 (91) 33 (87) Single-parent family 8 (22) 3 (9) 5 (13) Only child 9 (25) 3 (9) 4 (11) Parent education None 1 (3) 2 (6) 2 (5) School 14 (38) 5 (14) 7 (18) College 15 (42) 18 (51) 21 (55) University 6 (16) 10 (29) 8 (21) Unknown 1 (3) 0 0 SES prediagnosis Manag…”
Quality of life among parents seeking treatment for their child’s functional abdominal pain
Calvano, C., & Warschburger, P. (2018) · Quality of Life Research · doi:10.1007/s11136-018-1916-2 · Cited by 22 · see citing works
Dunn, T. L., Casey, L. M., Sheffield, J. K., Newcombe, P. A., & Chang, A. B. (2011) · Journal of Health Psychology · doi:10.1177/1359105311415558 · Cited by 22 · see citing works
“…conditions found 4 per cent of participants dropped out after consent had been given but before treatment commenced, 6 per cent dropped out during treatment, 20 per cent of participants dropped out before follow-up and 32 per cent did not complete extended follow-up (Karlson and Rapoff, 2009).”
BackgroundDimenäs, S. L., Jönsson, B., Andersson, J. S., Lundgren, J., Petzold, M., Abrahamsson, I., & Abrahamsson, K. H. (2022) · Journal Of Clinical Periodontology · doi:10.1111/jcpe.13601 · Cited by 19 · see citing works
“Drop-out rates of about 20%–22% were reported in other studies on health behavioural interventions including adolescents with a 6-month follow-up (Karlson & Rapoff, 2009; Džiaugytė et al., 2017).”
BackgroundScott, S., O’Donnell, M., Manczak, E. M., Fladeboe, K., ELLISOR, B. M., Rosenberg, A. R., Malik, F. S., & Yi‐Frazier, J. P. (2022) · Journal of Pediatric Psychology · doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsac046 · Cited by 20 · see citing works
Recruiting and retaining parents in behavioral intervention trials: Strategies to consider
Shneider, C. E., Hilliard, M. E., Monaghan, M. C., Tully, C., Wang, C. H., Sinisterra, M., Jones, J., Levy, W. L., & Streisand, R. M. (2021) · Contemporary Clinical Trials · doi:10.1016/j.cct.2021.106502 · Cited by 19 · see citing works
Cummings, C., Crochiere, R. J., Lansing, A. H., Patel, R., & Stanger, C. (2022) · JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting · doi:10.2196/32420 · Cited by 19 · see citing works
“Intensive, multi-component behavior modification studies for health behavior change have faced challenges in achieving high adolescent adherence and have struggled to maintain adolescent motivation throughout the program [9,35].”
BackgroundWarschburger, P., Gmeiner, M. S., Morawietz, M., & Rinck, M. (2018) · European Eating Disorders Review · doi:10.1002/erv.2607 · Cited by 19 · see citing works
Barry, S., Wagner, D. V., & Riley, A. R. (2020) · Current Diabetes Reports · doi:10.1007/s11892-020-1290-7 · Cited by 19 · see citing works
Warschburger, P., Kamrath, C., Lanzinger, S., Sengler, C., Wiegand, S., Göldel, J. M., Blüher, S., Holl, R. W., & Minden, K. (2023) · BMC Pediatrics · doi:10.1186/s12887-023-03912-7 · Cited by 17 · see citing works
“Since drop-out rates vary between 0 and 54% [96] we aim to include between 300 and 400 parents and about 100 adolescents.”
BackgroundBlaha, R. Z., Arnett, A. B., Kirkwood, M. W., Taylor, H. G., Stancin, T., Brown, T. M., & Wade, S. L. (2014) · Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation · doi:10.1097/htr.0000000000000059 · Cited by 18 · see citing works
CBT for Pediatric Migraine: A Qualitative Study of Patient and Parent Experience
Diest, A. M. K. V., Ernst, M. M., Vaughn, L. M., Slater, S. K., & Powers, S. W. (2018) · Headache The Journal of Head and Face Pain · doi:10.1111/head.13285 · Cited by 17 · see citing works
“Being “too busy” has been cited in other pediatric psychology literature as a reason of declining therapy.(9) Thus, minimizing burden by creating a streamlined treatment for pediatric migraine will likely increase accessibility for pediatric migraine sufferers.”
BackgroundBean, M. K., Thornton, L. M., Jeffers, A. J., Gow, R. W., & Mazzeo, S. E. (2018) · Pediatric Obesity · doi:10.1111/ijpo.12484 · Cited by 17 · see citing works
“incentives for completing assessments and implementing culturally appropriate treatments are recommended (4,5).”
BackgroundTully, L., Sørensen, J. R., & O’Malley, G. (2021) · JMIR mhealth and uhealth · doi:10.2196/31621 · Cited by 16 · see citing works
“There was a 23% attrition rate for the trial (25/109); however, this is broadly in line with pediatric RCTs [25] and weight management interventions in general [16], where dropouts are common owing to the intensive nature of these interventions.”
ResultRoss, A. B., Quinlan, A., Blanchard, C. M., Naylor, P., Warburton, D. E. R., & Rhodes, R. E. (2022) · Journal of Child and Family Studies · doi:10.1007/s10826-022-02466-z · Cited by 16 · see citing works
Herbert, L., Gillespie, C. W., Monaghan, M. C., Holmes, C. S., & Streisand, R. M. (2015) · Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings · doi:10.1007/s10880-015-9448-1 · Cited by 16 · see citing works
“…recruitment and retention of a diverse sample of participants, many of which have previously been discussed in the literature (Boys et al., 2003; Coday et al., 2005; Germann et al., 2006; Gul & Ali, 2010; Karlson & Rapoff, 2009; Marcellus, 2004; Patel et al., 2003; Probstfield & Frye, 2011).”
InfluentialRecruitment and retention of the Hardest-to-Reach families in community-based asthma interventions
Goldman, H., Fagnano, M., Perry, T. T., Weisman, A. R., Drobnica, A., & Halterman, J. S. (2018) · Clinical Trials · doi:10.1177/1740774518793598 · Cited by 14 · see citing works
van Driessche, A., Beernaert, K., Deliëns, L., Kars, M. C., Lyon, M. E., Barrera, M. E., Dussel, V., Bidstrup, P. E., Rosenberg, A. R., Akard, T. F., et al. (2023) · European Journal of Pediatrics · doi:10.1007/s00431-023-05139-1 · Cited by 13 · see citing works
“Even when subjects do enroll, retaining them on these studies can be difficult due to the inherent burdens of study-participation; in a review of 40 clinical RCTs for parents and youth living with chronic illness, reported attrition rates were as high as 54% [5].”
BackgroundReed, B., McCormick, M. L., Lewis, J. D., & Blount, R. L. (2011) · Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings · doi:10.1007/s10880-011-9269-9 · Cited by 13 · see citing works
Kahale, L. A., Diab, B., Khamis, A. M., Chang, Y., Lopes, L. C., Agarwal, A., Li, L., Mustafa, R. A., Koujanian, S., Waziry, R., et al. (2018) · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology · doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2018.10.001 · Cited by 13 · see citing works
Sonney, J., Thompson, H. J., Landis, C. A., Pike, K. C., Chen, M. L., Garrison, M. M., & Ward, T. M. (2020) · Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine · doi:10.5664/jcsm.8374 · Cited by 12 · see citing works
“12,19,22,23,34,35 Goals related to sleep quantity were based on the National Sleep Foundation ’ s age-speci fi c sleep duration recommendations.”
A proposed standardized approach to studying attrition in pediatric weight management
Spence, N. D., Skelton, J. A., & Ball, G. D. C. (2019) · Obesity Research & Clinical Practice · doi:10.1016/j.orcp.2019.11.004 · Cited by 12 · see citing works
Kearney, A., Ashford, P., Butlin, L., Conway, T., Cragg, W. J., Devane, D., Gardner, H., Gaunt, D., Gillies, K., Harman, N., et al. (2021) · Clinical Trials · doi:10.1177/17407745211053803 · Cited by 12 · see citing works
Bourke‐Taylor, H. M., Leo, M., & Tirlea, L. (2024) · Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders · doi:10.1007/s10803-024-06287-5 · Cited by 11 · see citing works
“%) for extended follow-up (Karlson & Rapoff, 2008).”
Lernmark, B., Lynch, K. F., Baxter, J., Roth, R., Simell, T. T., SMITH, L. B., Swartling, U., Johnson, S. B., & TEDDY Study Group (2015) · Journal of Diabetes Research · doi:10.1155/2016/2720650 · Cited by 11 · see citing works
“In fact, only 55% percent of pediatric trials report refusal or withdrawal reasons based on a recent literature review [2].”
An Update on the Status of Sponsored Research in Counseling Psychology
Martens, M. P., Herman, K. C., Takamatsu, S. K., Schmidt, L., Herring, T. E., Labuschagne, Z., & McAfee, N. W. (2016) · The Counseling Psychologist · doi:10.1177/0011000015626271 · Cited by 11 · see citing works
“Suggestions for improving attrition rates, such as incentives, staff training, and tracking procedures, all require time, money, and effort (Karlson & Rapoff, 2008).”
BackgroundStiles‐Shields, C., Osos, S., Heilbrun, A., Feldman, E. C. H., Mak, G. Z., Skelly, C. L., & Drossos, T. (2021) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.695435 · Cited by 12 · see citing works
Franciscus, M., Nucci, A., Bradley, B. J., Suomalainen, H. A., Greenberg, E., Laforte, D., Kleemola, P., Hyytinen, M., Salonen, M., Martin, M.-J., et al. (2013) · Clinical Trials · doi:10.1177/1740774513510070 · Cited by 14 · see citing works
“To date, the TRIGR study has experienced a lower rate of attrition (14%) than that reported by Karlson and Rapoff [9] (37%) in their review of attrition rates in randomized interventions in children with chronic conditions.”
BackgroundMethodInfluentialPolicy solutions to recruiting and retaining minority children in research
Raphael, J. L., Lion, K. C., & Bearer, C. F. (2017) · Pediatric Research · doi:10.1038/pr.2017.119 · Cited by 11 · see citing works
Bradley, C., Browne, E. N., Alexander, A. A., Collins, J., Dahm, J. L., DiGuiseppi, C. G., Levy, S. E., Moody, E. J., Schieve, L. A., Windham, G. C., et al. (2017) · American Journal of Epidemiology · doi:10.1093/aje/kwx262 · Cited by 11 · see citing works
Measurement Burst Designs to Improve Precision in Peer Research
Persram, R. J., Panarello, B., Castellanos, M., Astrologo, L., & Bukowski, W. M. (2021) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781108986038 · Cited by 10 · see citing works
Clinical Trials in Pediatric Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
Cadnapaphornchai, M. A. (2017) · Frontiers in Pediatrics · doi:10.3389/fped.2017.00053 · Cited by 11 · see citing works
Bischops, A., Sieper, L., Dukart, J., Schaal, N. K., Reinauer, C., Oommen, P. T., Tomoiagă, C. T., David, D., Mayatepek, E., & Meißner, T. (2024) · European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry · doi:10.1007/s00787-024-02395-w · Cited by 10 · see citing works
“In addition, studies often encounter major recruitment difficulties [18, 19].”
InfluentialNi, H., Chen, Y., Hsieh, M., Wu, C., Chen, R.-S., Juan, C.-H., Li, C., Gau, S. S., & Lin, H. (2024) · Psychological Medicine · doi:10.1017/s0033291724001387 · Cited by 10 · see citing works
“The mean attrition rate in RCTs for chronic pediatric mental health conditions is suggested to be 20% (Karlson & Rapoff, 2009).”
BackgroundWells, J. M., Galarneau, J.-M. F., Minich, N. M., Cohen, D. M., Clinton, K. N., Taylor, H. G., Bigler, E. D., Bacevice, A. M., Mihalov, L. K., Bangert, B. A., et al. (2022) · Frontiers in Neurology · doi:10.3389/fneur.2022.961024 · Cited by 10 · see citing works
“Both homogenous recruitment practices and attrition become a major threat to internal, external, and statistical validity of intervention studies (4, 5).”
BackgroundSusman, E. S., Patino, E. O., Tiab, S. S., Dong, L., Gumport, N. B., Sarfan, L. D., Hinshaw, S. P., & Harvey, A. G. (2024) · Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry · doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2024.05.001 · Cited by 10 · see citing works
“50 This level of attrition (39”
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“Low treatment adherence and high attrition, however, are frequently encountered, particularly when targeting underserved populations, reducing the effectiveness of these interventions [8–10].”
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“With an expected attrition rate of 20% (Karlson & Rapoff, 2008), a total sample of 36 families, with at least 18 participants per group were randomized in our study.”
- Authors
- Karlson, C. W., & Rapoff, M. A.
- Affiliations
- University of Kansas (US)
- ORCID
- Karlson, C. W.
- Venue
- Journal of Pediatric Psychology
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2008-12-08
- Volume
- 34
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 782-793
- ISSN
- 0146-8693 (ISSN-L)
- 1465-735X
- OpenAlex
- W2117776447
- Cited by
- 162
- References
- 72
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 4.53
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Pediatric Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Ethics in Clinical Research
- Keywords
- attrition, randomized controlled trials, pediatric chronic conditions, cognitive-behavioral intervention, children, attrition rates, CONSORT flow diagram, reporting guidelines, recruitment strategies, incentives, asthma, cystic fibrosis, sickle cell disease, diabetes mellitus, obesity, arthritis, childhood cancer
- MeSH terms
- Analysis of Variance, Child, Chronic Disease, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Pediatrics, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Patient Selection, Research Subjects
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