TY - JOUR
T1 - Recruitment and retention challenges of examining cognitive dysfunction in older adults hospitalized for acute heart failure
AU - Arslanian-Engoren, Cynthia
AU - Giordani, Bruno J.
AU - Algase, Donna
AU - Schuh, Amanda
AU - Lee, Corinne
AU - Moser, Debra K.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
©2016 American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Background: Barriers to recruiting and retaining acutely ill older adults in clinical research include complexity of illness, fatigue, and early discharge. Objective: To describe recruitment and retention challenges of examining cognitive dysfunction in older adults hospitalized for acute heart failure. Methods: An examination of the reasons for recruitment and retention issues within an acute care, universityaffiliated health care system. Results: Sixty-two patients refused to participate for a variety of reasons; 11 were ineligible, and 27 participants who completed initial data collection refused to participate further because they were too tired, were being discharged on the day of data collection, or were discharged before the next data collection day. Conclusions: Multiple barriers to the recruitment and retention of older adults hospitalized for acute heart failure were identified. Strategies are needed to augment recruitment and retention efforts, including expanding the number of data collection sites and allocating sufficient support resources.
AB - Background: Barriers to recruiting and retaining acutely ill older adults in clinical research include complexity of illness, fatigue, and early discharge. Objective: To describe recruitment and retention challenges of examining cognitive dysfunction in older adults hospitalized for acute heart failure. Methods: An examination of the reasons for recruitment and retention issues within an acute care, universityaffiliated health care system. Results: Sixty-two patients refused to participate for a variety of reasons; 11 were ineligible, and 27 participants who completed initial data collection refused to participate further because they were too tired, were being discharged on the day of data collection, or were discharged before the next data collection day. Conclusions: Multiple barriers to the recruitment and retention of older adults hospitalized for acute heart failure were identified. Strategies are needed to augment recruitment and retention efforts, including expanding the number of data collection sites and allocating sufficient support resources.
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U2 - 10.4037/ajcc2016305
DO - 10.4037/ajcc2016305
M3 - Article
C2 - 27587421
AN - SCOPUS:84984837944
SN - 1062-3264
VL - 25
SP - 418
EP - 421
JO - American Journal of Critical Care
JF - American Journal of Critical Care
IS - 5
ER -