Table 3 Retention strategies used by each study
From: Participant retention practices in longitudinal clinical research studies with high retention rates
Strategies description [4] | Thorne, J. | Pronovost, P./Needham D. | Lyketsos, C-1 | Ross, C. | Lyketsos, C-2 | Lucas, G. | Carter, H.B. | Clark, J. | Hummers, L. | Gottsch, J. | Szanton, S. | Appel, L. | Kirk, G | Brock, M. | Moghekar, A. | Glass, N cohort | Needham, D. | Hansel, N. | Glass, N RCT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Community Involvement | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 10 | ||||||||||
Study Identity | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 11 | |||||||||
Study Personnel | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 15 | ||||||
Study Description | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6 | |||||||||||||
Contact and Scheduling Methods | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 16 | ||||||
Reminders | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 18 | ||||
Visit Characteristics | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 14 | |||||
Benefits of Study | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 14 | |||||
Financial Incentives | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 13 | ||||||||
Reimbursements | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 13 | ||||||||
Non-financial Incentives | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 7 | ||||||||||||
Special Tracking Methods | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 11 | |||||||||
Total | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 11 |