Recruitment in Health Services Research—A Study on Facilitators and Barriers for the Recruitment of Community-Based Healthcare Providers

Franziska Krebs, Laura Lorenz, Farah Nawabi, Isabel Lück, Anne-Madeleine Bau, Adrienne Alayli and Stephanie Stock
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Franziska Krebs: Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Institute of Health Economics and Clinical Epidemiology (IGKE), University of Cologne, 50935 Cologne, Germany
Laura Lorenz: Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Institute of Health Economics and Clinical Epidemiology (IGKE), University of Cologne, 50935 Cologne, Germany
Farah Nawabi: Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Institute of Health Economics and Clinical Epidemiology (IGKE), University of Cologne, 50935 Cologne, Germany
Isabel Lück: Platform Nutrition and Physical Activity (peb), 10115 Berlin, Germany
Anne-Madeleine Bau: Platform Nutrition and Physical Activity (peb), 10115 Berlin, Germany
Adrienne Alayli: Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Institute of Health Economics and Clinical Epidemiology (IGKE), University of Cologne, 50935 Cologne, Germany
Stephanie Stock: Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Institute of Health Economics and Clinical Epidemiology (IGKE), University of Cologne, 50935 Cologne, Germany

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 19, 1-16

Abstract: In health services research, the recruitment of patients is oftentimes conducted by community-based healthcare providers. Therefore, the recruitment of these healthcare providers is a crucial prerequisite for successful patient recruitment. However, recruiting community-based healthcare providers poses a major challenge and little is known about its influencing factors. This qualitative study is conducted alongside a health services research intervention trial. The aim of the study is to investigate facilitators and barriers for the recruitment of community-based healthcare providers. A qualitative text analysis of documents and semi-structured interviews with recruiting staff is performed. An inductive–deductive category-based approach is used. Our findings identify intrinsic motivation and interest in the trial’s aims and goals as important facilitating factors in healthcare provider recruitment. Beyond that, extrinsic motivation generated through financial incentives or collegial obligation emerged as a conflicting strategy. While extrinsic motivation might aid in the initial enrollment of healthcare providers, it rarely resulted in active trial participation in the long run. Therefore, extrinsic motivational factors should be handled with care when recruiting healthcare providers for health services research intervention trials.

Keywords: recruitment; community-based healthcare providers; health services research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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