Recruitment of women veterans into suicide prevention research: Improving response rates with enhanced recruitment materials and multiple survey modalities

Women veterans (WV) are the fastest growing veteran subpopulation and recognized to be at increased risk for suicide compared with civilians. Improving engagement (e.g., response rates) of WV in survey research is critical to ensuring valid and generalizable findings, which can inform suicide preven...

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Vydáno v:Research in nursing & health Ročník 43; číslo 5; s. 538 - 547
Hlavní autoři: Gaeddert, Laurel A., Schneider, Alexandra L., Miller, Christin N., Monteith, Lindsey L., Brenner, Lisa A., Katon, Jodie, Hoffmire, Claire A.
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.09.2020
Témata:
Adolescent
Adult
Biomedical Research - statistics & numerical data
Demographic change
Ethnic groups
Female
Health care
Health services
Human subjects
Humans
Mental depression
Middle Aged
Military hospitals
Minority groups
Patient Selection
Polls & surveys
Prevention
Prevention programs
Psychiatric research
Recruitment
Reproductive health
Respondents
Response rates
Rural areas
Rural communities
Suicide
Suicide - prevention & control
Suicide - psychology
Suicide prevention
Suicides & suicide attempts
Surveys and Questionnaires - standards
Surveys and Questionnaires - statistics & numerical data
Trauma
United States
Veterans
Veterans - psychology
Veterans - statistics & numerical data
Women
Womens health
Young Adult
United States
veterans
recruitment
reproductive health
suicide
women
ISSN:0160-6891, 1098-240X, 1098-240X
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Shrnutí:Women veterans (WV) are the fastest growing veteran subpopulation and recognized to be at increased risk for suicide compared with civilians. Improving engagement (e.g., response rates) of WV in survey research is critical to ensuring valid and generalizable findings, which can inform suicide prevention programs tailored for this population. Many factors are known to influence response rates, yet little is known about ways to optimize survey response rates among WV. Three recruitment cohorts (Waves 1 [W1], 2a [W2a], and 2b [W2b]) of WV were invited to participate in an online survey for a national, mixed‐methods study examining suicide risk among WV using reproductive health care services paid for or provided by the Veterans Health Administration. To examine the effects of enhanced recruitment efforts, standard recruitment materials were mailed to all three cohorts, with the additions of: a study flyer aiming to build trust between participants and researchers (W2a, W2b) and a paper survey (W2b). Characteristics of responders and non‐responders were compared by wave and across survey modalities. Response rates were significantly higher for groups receiving enhanced (W2a = 17.1%; W2b = 24.6%) versus standard (W1 = 12.2%) recruitment materials. WV residing in rural areas were significantly more likely to respond by paper (37.1%) than online (19.8%). Non‐respondents were disproportionately racial and ethnic minorities. Disclosure of sensitive information (e.g., military sexual trauma) did not differ by survey modality. Findings suggest that enhanced recruitment materials improve survey response rates among WV, an important consideration for future research with this population.
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ISSN:0160-6891
1098-240X
1098-240X
DOI:10.1002/nur.22065