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dc.contributor.authorCostello, L.
dc.contributor.authorDare, J.
dc.contributor.authorDontje, M.
dc.contributor.authorStraker, Leon
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-21T01:21:02Z
dc.date.available2020-08-21T01:21:02Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.citationCostello, L. and Dare, J. and Dontje, M. and Straker, L. 2020. Informing retention in longitudinal cohort studies through a social marketing lens: Raine Study Generation 2 participants' perspectives on benefits and barriers to participation. BMC medical research methodology. 20 (1): Article No. 202.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/80697
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12874-020-01074-z
dc.description.abstract

BACKGROUND: Longitudinal cohort studies have made significant contributions to medical discoveries and provide the impetus for health interventions which reduce the risk of disease. Establishing and maintaining these cohorts is challenging and costly. While some attrition is unavoidable, maintaining a sufficient number of participants ensures that results remain representative and free from bias. Numerous studies have investigated ways to reduce attrition but few studies have sought to understand the experience of participants, and none have examined this through a social marketing framework. This first paper in a two part-series describes participants' experiences according to: benefits, barriers, motivators and influencers. The second paper uses this understanding to address issues relating to the 4Ps (product, price, place, promotion) of social marketing.

METHODS: Participants were recruited from the Raine Study, a pregnancy cohort study that has been running in Western Australia since 1989. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 29 active and inactive participants from the Generation 2 cohort, who were originally enrolled in the Raine Study at birth by their parents (Generation 1). 'Active' participants (n = 17) were defined as those who agreed to attend their 27 year follow-up, while 'inactive' (n = 12) participants were defined as those who had not attended either of the past two follow-ups (at 22 and 27 years).

RESULTS: There were considerable differences between active and inactive participants, with active participants perceiving far more personal and collective benefits from their participation. Inactive participants described being constrained by structural barriers around work and life, whereas active participants were able to overcome them to attend follow-ups. Inactive participants also described the value of extrinsic incentives which might motivate their attendance, and active participants described the role of their parents as significant influencers in their propensity to remain in the study. CONCLUSIONS: This paper provides rich descriptions of what participation in a long-running study means to participants. Use of a social marketing framework ensured that participants were constructed as 'human consumers' who are influenced by individual and broader social systems. Understanding participants in this way means that differentiated strategies can be tailored to enhance retention.

dc.languageeng
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectAttrition
dc.subjectLongitudinal cohorts
dc.subjectParticipant experience
dc.subjectQualitative interviews
dc.subjectRetention
dc.subjectSocial marketing
dc.subjectThe Raine study
dc.titleInforming retention in longitudinal cohort studies through a social marketing lens: Raine Study Generation 2 participants' perspectives on benefits and barriers to participation
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume20
dcterms.source.number1
dcterms.source.startPage202
dcterms.source.issn1471-2288
dcterms.source.titleBMC medical research methodology
dc.date.updated2020-08-21T01:20:58Z
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© The Author(s). 2020 Published in BMC Medical Research Methodology. This article is published under the Open Access publishing model and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Please refer to the licence to obtain terms for any further reuse or distribution of this work.

curtin.departmentSchool of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science
curtin.accessStatusOpen access
curtin.facultyFaculty of Health Sciences
curtin.contributor.orcidStraker, Leon [0000-0002-7786-4128]
dcterms.source.eissn1471-2288
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridStraker, Leon [57210379749] [7004594392]


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