Study Recruitment, Retention, and Adherence Among Chinese American Immigrants During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Background: Chinese American immigrants have been underrepresented in health research partly due to challenges in recruitment. Objectives: This study aims to describe recruitment and retention strategies and report adherence in a 7-day observational physical activity study of Chinese American immigr...
| Publicado en: | Nursing Research Vol. 73; no. 4; pp. 328 - 337 |
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Jul/Aug2024
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=178368882&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 178368882 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 00296562 1HA jtl: Nursing Research issn: 00296562 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jul/Aug2024 vid: 73 iid: 4 pid: 433 pub: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins place: Baltimore, Maryland artinfo: ui: 178368882 178368882 178368882 10.1097/NNR.0000000000000731 178368882 ppf: 328 ppct: 9 formats: tig: atl: Study Recruitment, Retention, and Adherence Among Chinese American Immigrants During the COVID-19 Pandemic. aug: au: Shuyuan Huang Soohyun Nam Ash, Garrett I. Bei Wu Melkus, Gail D'Eramo Jeon, Sangchoon McMahon, Erin Dickson, Victoria Vaughan Whittemore, Robin affil: Assistant Professor/Faculty Fellow, New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York sug: subj: Chinese Americans Immigrants United States Diabetes Mellitus, Gestational Physical Activity Research Protocols Patient Compliance Evaluation Research Subject Recruitment Evaluation Research Subject Retention Evaluation COVID-19 Pandemic United States Human China United States Female Funding Source Nonexperimental Studies Adult Accelerometers Snowball Sample Information Seeking Behavior World Wide Web Social Media Health Services Accessibility Research Subject Recruitment Methods Research Subject Retention Methods Culture Linguistics Pamphlets Descriptive Statistics Adult: 19-44 years Female ab: Background: Chinese American immigrants have been underrepresented in health research partly due to challenges in recruitment. Objectives: This study aims to describe recruitment and retention strategies and report adherence in a 7-day observational physical activity study of Chinese American immigrants with prior gestational diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Foreign-born Chinese women aged 18--45 years, with a gestational diabetes index pregnancy of 0.5--5 years, who were not pregnant and had no current diabetes diagnosis were recruited. They wore an accelerometer for 7 consecutive days and completed an online survey. Multiple recruitment strategies were used: (a) culturally and linguistically tailored flyers, (b) social media platforms (e.g., WeChat [a popular Chinese platform] and Facebook), (c) near-peer recruitment and snowball sampling, and (d) a study website. Retention strategies included flexible scheduling and accommodation, rapid communications, and incentives. Adherence strategies included a paper diary and/or automated daily text reminders with a daily log for device wearing, daily email reminders for the online survey, close monitoring, and timely problem-solving. Results: Participants were recruited from 17 states; 108 were enrolled from August 2020 to August 2021. There were 2,479 visits to the study webpage, 194 screening entries, and 149 inquiries about the study. Their mean age was 34.3 years, and the mean length of U.S. stay was 9.2 years. Despite community outreach, participants weremainly recruited fromsocialmedia (e.g., WeChat). The majority were recruited via near-peer recruitment and snowball sampling. The retention rate was 96.3%; about 99% had valid actigraphy data, and 81.7% wore the device for 7 days. The majority of devices were successfully returned, and the majority completed the online survey on time. Discussion: We demonstrated the feasibility of recruiting and retaining a geographically diverse sample of Chinese American immigrants with prior gestational diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Recruiting Chinese immigrants via social media (e.g., WeChat) is a viable approach. Nonetheless, more inclusive recruitment strategies are needed to ensure broad representation from diverse socioeconomic groups of immigrants. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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