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Karen A Robinson,Cheryl R Dennison,Dawn M Wayman,Peter J Pronovost,Dale M Needham,

OBJECTIVE: Loss to follow-up threatens internal and external validity yet little research has examined ways to limit participant attrition. We conducted a systematic review of studies with a primary focus on strategies to retain participants in health care research. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTINGS: We completed searches of PubMed, CINAHL, CENTRAL, Cochrane Methodology Register, and EMBASE (August 2005). We also examined reference lists of eligible articles and relevant reviews. A data-driven thematic analysis of the retention strategies identified common themes. RESULTS: We retrieved 3,068 citations, 21 studies were eligible for inclusion. We abstracted 368 strategies and from these identified 12 themes. The studies reported a median of 17 strategies across a median of six themes. The most commonly reported strategies were systematic methods of participant contact and scheduling. Studies with retention rates lower than the mean rate (86%) reported fewer strategies. There was no difference in the number of different themes used. CONCLUSION: Available evidence suggests that investigators should consider using a number of retention strategies across several themes to maximize the retention of participants. Further research, including explicit evaluation of the effectiveness of different strategies, is needed.

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KA Robinson,CR Dennison,DM Wayman,PJ Pronovost,DM Needham,

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Systematic review identifies number of strategies important for retaining study participants. Journal Published:

PUBLICATION TYPE: Review

Journal: Journal of clinical epidemiology

VOLUME: 60

Page Numbers: 757-65

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ISSN: 0895-4356

DAY: 10

MONTH: 05

YEAR: 2007

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LANGUAGE: eng

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AFFILIATION: Division of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. krobin@jhmi.edu

Country: England

AGENCY: United States NHLBI

GRANT: P050 HL 73994-01

ACRONYM: HL

MEDLINETA: J Clin Epidemiol

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