Browsing by Subject "Recruitment strategies"

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    Improving the User Interface and Guiding the Development of Effective Training Material for a Clinical Research Recruitment and Retention Dashboard: Usability Testing Study
    (JMIR, 2025-02-24) Gardner, Leah Leslie; Parvari, Pezhman Raeisian; Seidman, Mark; Holden, Richard J.; Fowler, Nicole R.; Zarzaur, Ben L.; Summanwar, Diana; Barboi, Cristina; Boustani, Malaz; Medicine, School of Medicine
    Background: Participant recruitment and retention are critical to the success of clinical trials, yet challenges such as low enrollment rates and high attrition remain ongoing obstacles. RecruitGPS is a scalable dashboard with integrated control charts to address these issues by providing real-time data monitoring and analysis, enabling researchers to better track and improve recruitment and retention. Objective: This study aims to identify the challenges and inefficiencies users encounter when interacting with the RecruitGPS dashboard. By identifying these issues, the study aims to inform strategies for improving the dashboard's user interface and create targeted, effective instructional materials that address user needs. Methods: Twelve clinical researchers from the Midwest region of the United States provided feedback through a 10-minute, video-recorded usability test session, during which participants were instructed to explore the various tabs of the dashboard, identify challenges, and note features that worked well while thinking aloud. Following the video session, participants took a survey on which they answered System Usability Scale (SUS) questions, ease of navigation questions, and a Net Promoter Score (NPS) question. Results: A quantitative analysis of survey responses revealed an average SUS score of 61.46 (SD 23.80; median 66.25) points, indicating a need for improvement in the user interface. The NPS was 8, with 4 of 12 (33%) respondents classified as promoters and 3 of 12 (25%) as detractors, indicating a slightly positive satisfaction. When participants compared RecruitGPS to other recruitment and study management tools they had used, 8 of 12 (67%) of participants rated RecruitGPS as better or much better. Only 1 of 12 (8%) participants rated RecruitGPS as worse but not much worse. A qualitative analysis of participants' interactions with the dashboard diagnosed a confusing part of the dashboard that could be eliminated or made optional and provided valuable insight for the development of instructional videos and documentation. Participants liked the dashboard's data visualization capabilities, including intuitive graphs and trend tracking; progress indicators, such as color-coded status indicators and comparison metrics; and the overall dashboard's layout and design, which consolidated relevant data on a single page. Users also valued the accuracy and real-time updates of data, especially the integration with external sources like Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap). Conclusions: RecruitGPS demonstrates significant potential to improve the efficiency of clinical trials by providing researchers with real-time insights into participant recruitment and retention. This study offers valuable recommendations for targeted refinements to enhance the user experience and maximize the dashboard's effectiveness. Additionally, it highlights navigation challenges that can be addressed through the development of clear and focused instructional videos.
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    Perspective on the "African American participation in Alzheimer disease research: Effective strategies" workshop, 2018
    (Wiley, 2020-12) Denny, Andrea; Streitz, Marissa; Stock, Kristin; Balls-Berry, Joyce E.; Barnes, Lisa L.; Byrd, Goldie S.; Croff, Raina; Gao, Sujuan; Glover, Crystal M.; Hendrie, Hugh C.; Hu, William T.; Manly, Jennifer J.; Moulder, Krista L.; Stark, Susan; Thomas, Stephen B.; Whitmer, Rachel; Wong, Roger; Morris, John C.; Lingler, Jennifer H.; Psychiatry, School of Medicine
    The Washington University School of Medicine Knight Alzheimer Disease Research Center's "African American Participation in Alzheimer Disease Research: Effective Strategies" Workshop convened to address a major limitation of the ongoing scientific progress regarding Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD): participants in most ADRD research programs overwhelmingly have been limited to non-Hispanic white persons, thus precluding knowledge as to how ADRD may be represented in non-white individuals. Factors that may contribute to successful recruitment and retention of African Americans into ADRD research were discussed and organized into actionable next steps as described within this report.