An important aspect of our recruitment objective is that we target students with grade point averages between 3.0 and 3.6 out of 4.0--that is, students who are often overlooked by many high-achievement programs.
Quantitative data will generate the following: estimates of eligibility, consent, recruitment and retention rates and speed of recruitment (objective 5); estimates of completion rates of study assessment tools (objective 7); estimates of contamination between intervention and control groups (objective 6); estimates of intervention fidelity (objective 9).
A similar random-effect multilevel logistic regression approach was also used to more closely examine the association between patient demographic factors and specific reasons for non-recruitment (objective 3).
Details on the study design, recruitment and objectives have been published previously [ 39].
CARDIA is a prospective, community-based cohort study of young adults designed to investigate trends and determinants of cardiovascular disease risk in the U.S. A detailed overview of the study design, recruitment, and objectives has been previously published (11).
The nurse was trained in aspects of the study including objectives, recruitment and consent procedures, and basic facts about cervical cancer including prevention methods, risk factors, symptoms and treatment modalities.
Although small for a phase III trial it has realistic recruitment and outcome objectives given the prevalence of Sjögren's syndrome, and it will be the largest trial conducted in the UK to date.
Similarly, all participants were subject to trial recruitment procedures and objective physical activity measurement (albeit without feedback), and the effects of this may have diluted associations reported in other studies.
From an experimental perspective, FMD can be objectively measured (e.g., using an accelerometer to measure tremor, using electromyography to measure reaction time or pattern of muscle recruitment), providing an objective parameter for experimental studies.
The recruitment methods and study objectives and design have been described in details previously [9].
