High Tech and High Touch: Recruitment Strategies for Enrolling African American Stroke Survivors in Community Based Intervention Under Nurse Guidance After Stroke (CINGS) Trial

Overview

Journal Contemp Clin Trials Commun

Date 2021 Sep 20

PMID 34541374

Citations 4

Authors

Gayenell S Magwood

Charles Ellis

Joy N J Buie

Stephanie Slan

Leo Bonilha

Robert J Adams

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Abstract

Background: Substantial effort has been undertaken to improve the recruitment and retention of participants in stroke trials. African Americans are disproportionately under-represented in stroke clinical trials as well as clinical trials for other chronic disease conditions. To circumvent barriers to recruitment, clinical trial recruitment strategies used to recruit African Americans have focused on different aspects of community engagement.

Purpose: This study examined a community-engaged, multi-phased tailored approach to recruiting African Americans with stroke. The recruitment approach described was designed to support the Community Based Intervention under Nurse Guidance after Stroke (CINGS) trial, part of the Wide Spectrum Investigation of Stroke Outcome Disparities on Multiple Levels (WISSDOM) Center established to explore stroke disparities.

Methods: A multiple-phased recruitment approach was undertaken and involved a recruitment planning phase and a recruitment phase. The recruitment planning phase involved the use of focus groups designed to explore barriers and facilitators of stroke recovery. The active recruitment phase included multiple strategies with ongoing evaluation.

Results: Information gained from focus groups offered insights into strategies critical to recruiting African Americans with stroke for behavioral research during the early recovery period. Strategies to enhance the identification of and recruitment of potential participants included use of: a) a hospital system stroke database, b) system-wide friendly visits/warm handoff approaches, c) electronic health record, d) associated external sites and e) protocol adjustments.

Conclusions: Developing tailored approaches to curtail barriers to research participation is critical for increasing the probability of reaching African American study participant recruitment and retention goals. Research teams may require training in community-engagement research strategies essential for obtaining achieving target recruitment goals.

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