Effectiveness of Strategies for Recruiting Overweight and Obese Generation Y Women to a Clinical Weight Management Trial

招募Y世代過重及肥胖女性參與臨床體重管理試驗策略之成效

Hayley J Griffin ； Helen T O'Connor ； Kieron B Rooney ； Katharine S Steinbeck

《Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition》 22卷2期 (2013/04) Pp. 235-240

https://doi.org/10.6133/apjcn.2013.22.2.16

摘要

目的：有關過重及肥胖年輕女性之研究很有限，且指出招募她們參與體重管理試驗有困難；相較於中老年參與者，年輕女性之個案流失率較高且減重成功機會較低。本篇研究目的是，針對Y世代過重及肥胖女性參與臨床減重試驗，評估不同招募策略之成效。方法：預定招募70位18-25歲之過重及肥胖（BMI≥27.5 kg/m^2）女性，做滿12個月的臨床體重管理，包括飲食、運動和行為矯正。與研究者保持聯繫，最後招募情形以不同招募策略方式呈現，資料以百分比或平均值±標準誤表示。結果：在預定招募期間內（24個月），只招募到50位，未達70位。接受評估的自願者中約只有1/4（27%）納入試驗中。而以張貼在地方高等教育校園中的傳單最為成功，約佔36%參與者。其次為藉由地方健康服務網站廣告而招募的，佔26%；透過地區及都會區報紙，則佔16%。結論：招募Y世代過重及肥胖女性參與臨床體重管理試驗很不容易；針對該年齡、性別之族群，需要多方向的策略。減少嚴格的篩選條件和面對面介入時間，或可改善招募成效及避免試驗中此年齡層之個案流失。

關鍵字

體重 ； Y世代 ； 女性 ； 招募 ； 介入

並列摘要

Aim: Limited research in young overweight and obese women indicates that they are difficult to recruit to weight management trials, with attrition higher and weight loss success lower than middle to older age participants. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of different recruitment strategies for a clinical weight loss trial in overweight and obese Generation Y women. Methods: Overweight and obese (BMI ≥27.5 kg/m^(-2)) women aged 18-25 years (n=70) were required for a 12 month clinical weight management trial including diet, exercise and behaviour modification. Contact with researchers and eventual recruitment are reported for the various strategies employed to engage participants. Data reported as % or mean±SE. Results: Recruitment was challenging with only 50 of the total 70 participants recruited within the scheduled time frame (24 months). Just over one quarter (27%) of volunteers assessed were recruited. Flyers posted around local tertiary education campuses were the most successful method, yielding 36% of included participants. This was followed by advertisements on the local area health service intranet (26%) and in local and metropolitan newspapers (16%). Conclusions: Recruitment of overweight and obese Generation Y women for a clinical weight loss trial was difficult. Multiple strategies targeted at this age and gender group were required. Less rigorous selection criteria and reduced face-to-face intervention time may improve recruitment and retention rates into clinical trials for this age group.

並列關鍵字

weight ； Generation Y ； women ； recruitment ； intervention