Minimizing Attrition for Multisite Emergency Care Research.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-1-2017
Publication Title
Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Abstract
Loss to follow-up of enrolled patients (a.k.a. attrition) is a major threat to study validity and power. Minimizing attrition can be challenging even under ideal research conditions, including the presence of adequate funding, experienced study personnel, and a refined research infrastructure. Emergency care research is shifting toward enrollment through multisite networks, but there have been limited descriptions of approaches to minimize attrition for these multicenter emergency care studies. This concept paper describes a stepwise approach to minimize attrition, using a case example of a multisite emergency department prospective cohort of over 3,000 patients that has achieved a 30-day direct phone follow-up attrition rate of
Volume
24
Issue
4
First Page
458
Last Page
466
Recommended Citation
Nicks BA, Shah MN, Adler DH, Bastani A, Baugh CW, Caterino JM, Clark CL, Diercks DB, Hollander JE, Malveau SE, Nishijima DK, Stiffler KA, Storrow AB, Wilber ST, Yagapen AN, Sun BC. Minimizing Attrition for Multisite Emergency Care Research. Acad Emerg Med. 2017 Apr;24(4):458-466. doi: 10.1111/acem.13135. Epub 2017 Mar 17. PMID: 27859997; PMCID: PMC5397346.
DOI
10.1111/acem.13135
ISSN
1553-2712
PubMed ID
27859997