Recruiting participants into your study : the importance of valid informed consent

Probyn, JE; Howarth, ML; Maz, J

Abstract

A properly planned recruitment strategy is instrumental to research success. This paper provides an overview of the recruitment process for your research study. The authors present a five-stage model incorporating the following steps: defining your sampling approach, identifying and accessing participants, screening participants, obtaining informed consent and enrolling patients onto your study. Informed consent is discussed as a key aspect of ethical rigour in this process. The five key steps presented in this paper will help you to design, develop and implement a recruitment strategy to optimise success in your research study.

Citation

Probyn, J., Howarth, M., & Maz, J. (2017). Recruiting participants into your study : the importance of valid informed consent. British Journal of Cardiac Nursing, 12(2), 66-69. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjca.2017.12.2.66

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Feb 22, 2017
• Deposit Date: Jan 3, 2018
• Journal: British Journal of Cardiac Nursing
• Print ISSN: 1749-6403
• Publisher: MA Healthcare
• Volume: 12
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 66-69
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.12968/bjca.2017.12.2.66
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/bjca.2017.12.2.66
• Related Public URLs: https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/toc/bjca/current