Roberta B. Ness|Deborah B. Nelson|Shiriki Kumanyika|Jeane Ann Grisso
Evaluating minority recruitment into clinical studies: How good are the data?
University of Pittsburgh|University of Pittsburgh|University of Illinois at Chicago|University of Pennsylvania
much publicized concern difficulty minority recruitment research studies particularly since minority inclusion randomized clinical trials mandated 1993 national institutes health revitalization act reviewed recruitment data published reports clinical studies assess actual degree success recruiting minorities versus whites identify barriers recruitmentwe abstracted articles published september 1993 february 1995 reported detailed results participant recruitment studies conducted united statesof 65 articles meeting eligibility criteria median sample size 1323 one 15 reported racialethnic composition potential study participants two articles 31 provided information racialethnic composition eligible subjects one 15 provided information racialethnic composition refusing subjects enrolled subjects raceethnicity less likely reported 585 age 908 gender 800the published literature currently contains insubstantial data either refute prove differential recruitment rates among minorities compared whites changes reporting needed order track progress area