"recruitment status" is correct and can be used in written English.
It can be used in a variety of contexts, such as when referring to the progress of a recruitment process, for example: "I'm still waiting for an update on the recruitment status for the new position."
Before starting, the trial was registered with an internet-based open access trial, controlled-trails.com (ISRCTN97989348; "Healthcare Network Anorexia and Bulimia nervosa -campaign - Focal-project 1: Prevenervosa -campaign secondary schools in Hamburg; Principal Investigator: Bernd Löwe; Registered 19 December 2012; Overall trial status: Ongoing; Recruitment status: No longer recruiting).
a T1-easy-to-recruit is the reference category; recruitment status is the independent variable.
19 We included trials listed as "active, not recruiting" in our analysis because investigators do not consistently update recruitment status after completing enrollment, and this listing persists indefinitely for many trials.
Of 795 participants with known recruitment status, 546 (69%) were self-referred and 249 (31%) had been actively recruited.
What does the ClinicalTrials.gov "Overall Recruitment Status" mean?
The Overall Recruitment Status in ClinicalTrials.gov should reflect the current accrual status of the protocol.
There was, however, a strong negative correlation (p < 0.0001) between AF-alb and height increase over the 8-month follow-up after adjustment for age, sex, height at recruitment, socioeconomic status, village, and weaning status; the highest quartile of AF-alb was associated with a mean 1.7 cm reduction in growth over 8 months compared with the lowest quartile.
No restrictions were placed on participant age, mode of recruitment, medication status or psychiatric diagnosis.
Twenty years after recruitment, vital status was determined for 87% of the cohort.
Using bivariate logistic regression, factors that were associated with CAM use in the study population included site of recruitment, marital status, monthly income, duration of T2DM, family history of the disease, as well as presence of T2DM complications.
Face-to-face contact is typically most effective, however, and can be achieved using a range of strategies dependent upon the stage of recruitment and status of the gatekeeper.
