Reaching and recruiting Turkish migrants for a clinical trial through Facebook: A process evaluation

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Reaching and recruiting Turkish migrants for a clinical trial through Facebook: A process evaluation. / Ünlü Ince, Burçin; Cuijpers, Pim; van 't Hof, Edith et al.
In: Internet Interventions, Vol. 1, No. 2, 01.04.2014, p. 74-83.

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Ünlü Ince B, Cuijpers P, van 't Hof E, Riper H. Reaching and recruiting Turkish migrants for a clinical trial through Facebook: A process evaluation. Internet Interventions. 2014 Apr 1;1(2):74-83. doi: 10.1016/j.invent.2014.05.003

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title = "Reaching and recruiting Turkish migrants for a clinical trial through Facebook: A process evaluation",
abstract = "Ethnic minorities are underrepresented in mental health research, especially in randomized controlled trials. Recruiting ethnic minorities is challenging and there is a need to develop effective recruitment strategies. This study used data from a randomized controlled trial examining the effectiveness of an online guided self-help intervention for Turkish migrants with depressive symptoms. The recruitment process comprised six strategies in Dutch and Turkish: 1) a press release; 2) digital mailing; 3) the distribution of research information leaflets; 4) advertisements; 5) the Internet (in general terms); and 6) Facebook (FB). We describe the content and approach of each of the strategies and how effective they were in recruiting participants for our study. FB is evaluated in a step-by-step description of the recruitment strategy, together with its results in terms of effectiveness, specifically regarding data of FB Friends and messages received by FB Friends through FB.Results showed that a total of 287 applied for the trial. The majority of applicants were recruited through FB (75.6%, n = 224), of whom 74 (33%, n = 224) were included in the trial. Traditional recruitment strategies were far less successful, yielding only 16.4% (n = 47) of the total of 287 applicants, of whom only 3 (3.1%) were included in the trial. Traditional recruitment strategies, such as research information leaflets and advertisements in newspapers, appear ineffective in recruiting ethnic minority groups for research purposes. The use of FB proved to be a more successful method. Future research should examine the factors that account for the potential effectiveness of FB as a recruitment method for hard-to-reach populations.",
keywords = "Media and communication studies, social Media, Ethnic minorities, Internet-based treatment, Randomized controlled trial, recruitment, Ethnic minorities, Recruitment, Health sciences, Depressive symptoms, health research, problem solving, Depressive symptoms, Internet-based treatment, Randomized controlled trial",
author = "{{\"U}nl{\"u} Ince}, Bur{\c c}in and Pim Cuijpers and {van 't Hof}, Edith and Heleen Riper",
note = "Funding Information: This paper is part of a study supported by the VU University Amsterdam and the Trimbos Institute (Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction). B{\"U}I drafted the manuscript and PC, EvtH and HR contributed to the further writing of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.",
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T1 - Reaching and recruiting Turkish migrants for a clinical trial through Facebook

T2 - A process evaluation

AU - Ünlü Ince, Burçin

AU - Cuijpers, Pim

AU - van 't Hof, Edith

AU - Riper, Heleen

N1 - Funding Information: This paper is part of a study supported by the VU University Amsterdam and the Trimbos Institute (Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction). BÜI drafted the manuscript and PC, EvtH and HR contributed to the further writing of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

PY - 2014/4/1

Y1 - 2014/4/1

N2 - Ethnic minorities are underrepresented in mental health research, especially in randomized controlled trials. Recruiting ethnic minorities is challenging and there is a need to develop effective recruitment strategies. This study used data from a randomized controlled trial examining the effectiveness of an online guided self-help intervention for Turkish migrants with depressive symptoms. The recruitment process comprised six strategies in Dutch and Turkish: 1) a press release; 2) digital mailing; 3) the distribution of research information leaflets; 4) advertisements; 5) the Internet (in general terms); and 6) Facebook (FB). We describe the content and approach of each of the strategies and how effective they were in recruiting participants for our study. FB is evaluated in a step-by-step description of the recruitment strategy, together with its results in terms of effectiveness, specifically regarding data of FB Friends and messages received by FB Friends through FB.Results showed that a total of 287 applied for the trial. The majority of applicants were recruited through FB (75.6%, n = 224), of whom 74 (33%, n = 224) were included in the trial. Traditional recruitment strategies were far less successful, yielding only 16.4% (n = 47) of the total of 287 applicants, of whom only 3 (3.1%) were included in the trial. Traditional recruitment strategies, such as research information leaflets and advertisements in newspapers, appear ineffective in recruiting ethnic minority groups for research purposes. The use of FB proved to be a more successful method. Future research should examine the factors that account for the potential effectiveness of FB as a recruitment method for hard-to-reach populations.

AB - Ethnic minorities are underrepresented in mental health research, especially in randomized controlled trials. Recruiting ethnic minorities is challenging and there is a need to develop effective recruitment strategies. This study used data from a randomized controlled trial examining the effectiveness of an online guided self-help intervention for Turkish migrants with depressive symptoms. The recruitment process comprised six strategies in Dutch and Turkish: 1) a press release; 2) digital mailing; 3) the distribution of research information leaflets; 4) advertisements; 5) the Internet (in general terms); and 6) Facebook (FB). We describe the content and approach of each of the strategies and how effective they were in recruiting participants for our study. FB is evaluated in a step-by-step description of the recruitment strategy, together with its results in terms of effectiveness, specifically regarding data of FB Friends and messages received by FB Friends through FB.Results showed that a total of 287 applied for the trial. The majority of applicants were recruited through FB (75.6%, n = 224), of whom 74 (33%, n = 224) were included in the trial. Traditional recruitment strategies were far less successful, yielding only 16.4% (n = 47) of the total of 287 applicants, of whom only 3 (3.1%) were included in the trial. Traditional recruitment strategies, such as research information leaflets and advertisements in newspapers, appear ineffective in recruiting ethnic minority groups for research purposes. The use of FB proved to be a more successful method. Future research should examine the factors that account for the potential effectiveness of FB as a recruitment method for hard-to-reach populations.

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KW - social Media

KW - Ethnic minorities

KW - Internet-based treatment

KW - Randomized controlled trial

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KW - Ethnic minorities

KW - Recruitment

KW - Health sciences

KW - Depressive symptoms

KW - health research

KW - problem solving

KW - Depressive symptoms

KW - Internet-based treatment

KW - Randomized controlled trial

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