Language

English

Publication Date

7-4-2024

Journal

Trials

DOI

10.1186/s13063-024-08288-2

PMID

38965624

PMCID

PMC11223294

PubMedCentral® Posted Date

7-4-2024

PubMedCentral® Full Text Version

Post-print

Abstract

Challenges to recruitment of family caregivers exist and are amplified when consent must occur in the context of chaotic healthcare circumstances, such as the transition from hospital to home. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic during our randomized controlled trial provided an opportunity for a natural experiment exploring and examining different consent processes for caregiver recruitment. The purpose of this publication is to describe different recruitment processes (in-person versus virtual) and compare diversity in recruitment rates in the context of a care recipient's hospitalization. We found rates of family caregiver recruitment for in-person versus virtual were 28% and 23%, respectively (p = 0.01). Differences existed across groups with family caregivers recruited virtually being more likely to be younger, white, have greater than high school education, and not be a spouse or significant other to the care recipient, such as a child. Future work is still needed to identify the modality and timing of family caregiver recruitment to maximize rates and enhance the representativeness of the population for equitable impact.

Keywords

Aged, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Caregivers, COVID-19, Patient Discharge, Patient Selection, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, SARS-CoV-2, Caregiver, Recruitment, Clinical trial, Methods, Palliative care, Post-acute care

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