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SynthesisAmerican journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias

Recruiting Persons With Dementia: A Systematic Review of Facilitators, Barriers, and Strategies.

Julian Hirt, Thomas Beer, Stefano Cavalli, Stefano Cereghetti, Elia R G Pusterla, Adelheid Zeller

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Synthesis in American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  9. Methods for Involving People With Dementia in Health Policy and Guideline Development: A Scoping Review.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Julian HirtDepartment of Health, Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences, St.Gallen, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-6589-3936
Thomas BeerDepartment of Health, Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences, St.Gallen, Switzerland.
Stefano CavalliCentre of Competence on Ageing, Department of Business Economics, Health and Social Care, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI), Manno, Switzerland.
Stefano CereghettiCentre of Competence on Ageing, Department of Business Economics, Health and Social Care, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI), Manno, Switzerland.
Elia R G PusterlaCentre of Competence on Ageing, Department of Business Economics, Health and Social Care, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI), Manno, Switzerland.
Adelheid ZellerDepartment of Health, Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences, St.Gallen, Switzerland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Study recruitment of persons with dementia is challenging. We aimed to assess facilitators, barriers, and strategies to identify and approach persons with dementia for recruitment to dementia care studies. We systematically searched MEDLINE/PubMed, CINAHL, Web of Science, and other sources (ORRCA [Online Resource for Research in Clinical triAls]; pertinent evidence syntheses; citation searching) and narratively summarised the results (PROSPERO CRD42022342600). Facilitators and barriers consisted of "characteristics of participants, researchers, clinical contact persons", "study characteristics", and "communication with participants". The highest number of participants were recruited by study information in electronic and print formats, as well as by networking and collaboration. Advertisements proved to be the most expensive way of recruitment. There is limited evidence on the impact of recruitment strategies to identify persons with dementia for recruitment to dementia care studies. Our analysis of facilitators and barriers may inform research teams in designing strategies to identify persons with dementia for recruitment purposes.

Indexed as

DementiaPatient SelectionHumansdementia [MeSH]health services research [MeSH]nursing research [MeSH]patient selection [MeSH]recruitment

Identifiers

PMID39137907
PMCPMC11322929

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