Recruiting Community-Based Dementia Patients and Caregivers in a Nonpharmacologic Randomized Trial: What Works and How Much Does It Cost?

This study evaluated the yield and cost of three recruitment strategies—direct mail, newspaper advertisements, and community outreach — for identifying and enrolling dementia caregivers into a trial testing a nonpharmacologic approach to enhancing quality of life of individuals with dementia and their caregivers. A total of 237 dyads enrolled. The total cost of recruitment was $154 per dyad, with direct mail found to be the most effective and least costly method, at $63 per dyad. That compared with newspaper ads at $224 and community outreach at $350.

Morrison K, Winter L, Gitlin N. Recruiting community-based dementia patients and caregivers in a nonpharmacologic randomized trial: What works and how much does it cost? Journal of Applied Gerontology 2016;35(7):788-800.

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