The phrase "acquaintances of the study" is not correct and may cause confusion in written English.
It could be used in a context where you are referring to individuals who are familiar with or have knowledge about a particular study, but it is not a common expression.
Example: "The acquaintances of the study were invited to discuss the findings at the conference."
Alternatives: "participants in the study" or "associates of the study".
Controls were recruited from the hospital staff and acquaintances of the study group without headaches.
However, 78% of practitioners recruited in that study were either friends or acquaintances of the study team, rather than randomly selected practitioners.
Both consent forms will explicitly state that: data and specimens may be obtained and used after the death of the subject provincial and national databases can be accessed to provide obtain other information about their health 2. Control Genetic Sample consent - Whenever possible, control blood samples are collected from a family member or acquaintances of the study subject.
Our strategy, in broad terms, included a combination of three main elements: 1) a media event and press release that generated media attention, 2) paid advertisements, and 3) a 'snow-ball' approach of asking respondents to notify their acquaintances of the study.
Ninety female FMS patients recruited from a pain clinic, rheumatology outpatient departments and a hospital and thirty age and sex-matched HCs recruited from acquaintances of the investigated patients participated in the study.
We speculate that this may have been the result of our snowball method of encouraging respondents to notify their acquaintances of our study.
Because the interpreters and transcriptionists may be acquaintances of study participants, MH conducted individual training sessions about the importance of confidentiality, the protection of human participants, and complying with secure data transfer protocols for interview transcripts.
Recruitment notices cannot advice respondents not to tell others of the study nor prevent friends or acquaintances from participating.
The comparison group included young women recruited from the same region as the case subjects; most were classmates or acquaintances of the case subjects or were volunteers who learned of the study through flyers posted at the university and hospital.
Most of the study participants think much positively about 'donation' of unused articles to acquaintances as gifts or 'Passing on', and think that it is the most non-obligative and effective way.
The controls were recruited through acquaintances of the included patients, and of colleagues at our institution.
