Cynthia Arslanian-Engoren is an associate professor and Donna Algase is a professor emerita, University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Amanda Schuh is a psychiatric nurse practitioner, Mayo Clinic Health System, Mankato, Minnesota. Bruno J. Giordani is a professor, Ambulatory Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Corinne Lee is an educational nurse specialist, Professional Development and Education, University of Michigan Health Systems, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Debra K. Moser is a professor, University of Kentucky College of Nursing, Lexington, Kentucky.
Published: September 2016
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Article Abstract
Background: Barriers to recruiting and retaining acutely ill older adults in clinical research include complexity of illness, fatigue, and early discharge.
Objective: To describe recruitment and retention challenges of examining cognitive dysfunction in older adults hospitalized for acute heart failure.
Methods: An examination of the reasons for recruitment and retention issues within an acute care, university-affiliated health care system.
Results: Sixty-two patients refused to participate for a variety of reasons; 11 were ineligible, and 27 participants who completed initial data collection refused to participate further because they were too tired, were being discharged on the day of data collection, or were discharged before the next data collection day.
Conclusions: Multiple barriers to the recruitment and retention of older adults hospitalized for acute heart failure were identified. Strategies are needed to augment recruitment and retention efforts, including expanding the number of data collection sites and allocating sufficient support resources.
Introduction: Military body fat standards were implemented in the 1980s to prevent obesity and associated poor military readiness. In the past 2 decades, enforcement of existing Army body composition standards has been eroded by the steady increase in national obesity rates, the demand for new recruits especially during the 2007 surge in Iraq, and the COVID epidemic in 2020. The diminishing qualified recruit pool puts a new focus on accession standards.
Objective: This study aimed to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a Systematic Transaction Model (STM)-guided dyadic coping nursing intervention for patients with breast cancer and their spouses.
Methods: A single-arm, pre-test/post-test pilot study was conducted at a tertiary hospital in Wuxi, China, recruiting 28 breast cancer patient-caregiver pairs. Each dyad participated in six hybrid intervention sessions.
Background: Healthcare education is crucial for building a workforce in Qatar that is in line with Vision 2030. Although various factors influence career choices, little research exists on their impact on healthcare students in Qatar. This study explores the factors influencing healthcare students in Qatar to pursue healthcare careers, as well as the facilitators and challenges they face during their education.
Objective: To evaluate the effect of ferritin-guided donation intervals on haemoglobin (Hb) and ferritin levels, iron deficiency and low Hb deferrals in whole-blood donors.
Design: A cluster-randomized stepped-wedge trial.
Methods: In 2017-2019, Sanquin gradually implemented ferritin-guided donation intervals.
Data to Care (D2C) strategies - using routine data to facilitate identification and linkage back to care of people living with HIV who are not in care - have shown promise in high-income settings but received little attention in lower resourced or vertical HIV transmission prevention (VTP) contexts. In this proof-of-concept study, we monitored existing linked electronic medical records in near real-time to identify key gaps in postpartum VTP steps among 336 mothers living with HIV and their infants in Cape Town, South Africa (recruited March 2021 - April 2022). We attempted to confirm observed gaps through source data systems and telephonic tracing, and facilitated re-engagement in care where needed.
