Article Document Academic Article Information Content Entity Continuant Continuant Journal Article Entity Entity Generically Dependent Continuant 2025-05-07T20:52:25 RDF description of Recruitment strategies and retention rates for five National Dental PBRN studies - http://repository.healthpartners.com/individual/document-rn36068 Recruitment 38918 10.1017/cts.2024.499 document-rn36068 22579 Prospective studies Recruitment strategies and retention rates for five National Dental PBRN studies 8 Research Methods public 2024-04-30T20:51:22.891-05:00 1 Dentist's Practice Patterns <p>BACKGROUND: We describe a retrospective assessment of practitioner and patient recruitment strategies, patient retention strategies, and rates for five clinical studies conducted in the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network between 2012 and 2019, and practitioner and patient characteristics associated with retention. METHODS: Similar recruitment strategies were adopted in the studies. The characteristics of the practitioners and patients are described. The proportion of patients who either attended a follow-up (FU) assessment or completed an online assessment was calculated. For studies with multiple FU visits or questionnaire assessments, rates for completing each FU were calculated, as were the rates for completing any and for completing all FU assessments. The associations of practitioner and patient characteristics with all clinic FU visits, and with the completion of all assessments for a study were ascertained. RESULTS: Overall, 591 practitioners and 12,159 patients were included. FU rates by patients for any assessment varied from 91% to 96.5%, and rates for participating in all assessments ranged from 68% to 87%. The mean total number of patients each practitioner recruited was 21 (sd = 15); the mean number per study was 13 (sd = 7). For practitioners, practice type and patient enrollment were associated with greater clinic retention, while only race was associated with their patients completing post-visit online assessments. For patients, age was associated with clinic retention, while female gender, age, race, and education were all associated with greater completion of post-visit online assessments. CONCLUSION: The Network efficiently recruited practitioners and patients and achieved high patient retention rates for the five studies.<p> Dentistry Journal of clinical and translational science