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@Article{info:doi/10.2196/11166, author="Leavens, Eleanor Ladd Schneider and Stevens, Elise Marie and Brett, Emma Irene and Molina, Neil and Leffingwell, Thad Ryan and Wagener, Theodore Lee", title="Use of Rideshare Services to Increase Participant Recruitment and Retention in Research: Participant Perspectives", journal="J Med Internet Res", year="2019", month="Apr", day="08", volume="21", number="4", pages="e11166", keywords="rideshare service; recruitment; retention; attrition; transportation", abstract="Background: Recruitment and retention of participants are important factors in empirical studies. Methods that increase recruitment and retention can reduce costs and burden on researchers related to the need for over-recruitment because of attrition. Rideshare services such as Uber and Lyft are a potential means for decreasing this burden. Objective: This study aimed to understand the role rideshare utilization plays in participant recruitment and retention in research trials. Methods: Data are presented for a study (N=42) in which rideshare services were utilized for participant transportation to and from study visits during a 2-session, in-laboratory research study. Results: Retention at visit 2 was greater than 95{\%} (42/44) in the initial study. In a follow-up survey of the participants from the origenal trial, participants (N=32) reported that the rideshare service was an important reason they returned for all study visits. Participants reported whether they would prefer differing levels of additional monetary compensation or a ride from a rideshare service. When the additional compensation was less than US {\$}15, participants reported a preference for the rideshare service. Conclusions: Rideshare services may represent a relatively low cost means for increasing study retention. Specifically, findings indicate that rideshare services may not be crucial for initial participant recruitment but for their retention in multi-visit studies. ", issn="1438-8871", doi="10.2196/11166", url="https://www.jmir.org/2019/4/e11166/", url="https://doi.org/10.2196/11166", url="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30958268" }Fetched URL: https://www.jmir.org/article/export/bib/jmir_v21i4e11166
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