Recruiting Community-Dwelling Elderly at Risk for Physical Disability into Exercise Research
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The article describes the process of identifying 100 community-dwelling elderly adults at risk for physical disability, yet not functionally disabled, for participation in a research project to develop appropriate exercise programs for at-risk elderly. Over a period of 14 months, initial contact was made with 941 older adults, 11% of whom (101 people) were eligible for and willing to complete all stages of the study protocol. The most successful recruitment strategies were a mass mailing followed by a telephone call and advertising in a newspaper with a large circulation (rather than a local paper). Aspects of the recruitment and retention of study participants are discussed.
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Recruiting older adults for study participation is challenging.
“Recruiting older adults for study participation is challenging [108].”
Mass mailing has proven to be one of the most successful strategies to recruit older adults.
“However, this study uses a mass mailing as the main recruitment method, which has proven to be one of the most successful strategies to recruit older adults [108].”
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- Authors
- Marx, M. S., Cohen-Mansfield, J., & Guralnik, J. M.
- Affiliations
- Hebrew Home of Greater Washington (US)
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- ORCID
- Guralnik, Jack M.
- Venue
- Journal of Aging and Physical Activity
- Publisher
- Human Kinetics
- Published
- 2003-04
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 229-241
- ISSN
- 1063-8652 (ISSN-L)
- 1543-267X
- OpenAlex
- W2131631257
- Cited by
- 18
- References
- 23
- Citations by year
- 2018: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 2.78
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Aging and Physical Activity (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Ethics in Clinical Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation › Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
- Keywords
- participant recruitment, community-dwelling older adults, recruitment strategies, participant retention, mass mailing, newspaper advertising, telephone recruitment
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