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Recommendations for recruiting and retaining adolescent girls in chronic exercise (training) research studies
Massie, Rachel Smith, Brett Tolfrey, Keith
Massie, Rachel
Smith, Brett
Tolfrey, Keith
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2015-08-26
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Extensive challenges are often encountered when recruiting participants to chronic exercise (training) studies. High participant burden during chronic exercise training programmes can result in low uptake to and/or poor compliance with the study. The aim of this qualitative study was to identify factors affecting adolescent girls’ recruitment and adherence to chronic exercise training research studies. Twenty-six adolescent girls (aged 12 to 15 years) participated in one of five focus groups discussing recruitment and retention to exercise physiology research involving a chronic exercise training programme. A thematic analysis was used to analyse the data and eight final themes were inductively identified. Seven evidence-based practical recommendations are suggested to improve the recruitment and retention of participants for prospective, chronic exercise training studies. Successful recruitment requires: (i) the defining of exercise-related terms; (ii) appropriate choice of recruitment material; and (iii) an understanding of participant motivations. Retention strategies include: (iv) regular monitoring of participant motives; and (v) small groups which foster peer and researcher support. Finally, (vi) friendship and ability groups were favoured in addition to (vii) a variety of activities to promote adherence to an exercise training programme.
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Massie, R., Smith, B. and Tolfrey, K. (2015) ‘Recommendations for Recruiting and Retaining Adolescent Girls in Chronic Exercise (Training) Research Studies’, Sports. MDPI AG, 3(3), pp. 219–235. doi: 10.3390/sports3030219.
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This is an accepted manuscript of an article published by MDPI in Sports on 26/08/2015, available online: https://doi.org/10.3390/sports3030219
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