Recruiting and Engaging Women of Reproductive Age with Obesity: Insights from A Mixed-Methods Study within A Trial
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design
2.2. Host Trial
2.3. Study Population
2.4. Online Survey
2.5. Focus Groups
3. Results
3.1. Characteristics of the Study Population
3.2. Quantitative Results
3.3. Qualitative Results
3.3.1. Theme 1: How It Makes Me Feel
3.3.2. Theme 2: How It Fits into My World
3.3.3. Theme 3: The Whole of “Me”
4. Discussion
Strengths and Limitations
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Clinical Trial Registration
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Survey Question | n (%) a |
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Age (years) | 42.0 (5.6) |
BMI (kg/m2) | 24.2 (22.3, 28.1) |
Employment Full time work Part time work Student Unemployed | 74 (72.5) 18 (17.6) 6 (5.9) 4 (3.9) |
Education (completed third level) | 79 (77.5) |
No prior experience taking part in research | 49 (48.5) |
Recruitment into the study Heard by email Heard by ezine/newsletter Phone / messaging application Recruitment stand Told by friend or relative Told by colleague Poster at work Poster outside work Radio Browsing social media | 35 (34.7) 9 (8.8) 5 (4.9) 4 (3.9) 4 (3.9) 11 (10.9) 16 (16.3) 8 (7.8) 2 (2.0) 15 (14.7) |
Response time to recruitment strategy Same day A day or two later One week later Two weeks later Greater than two weeks later | 38 (37.1) 43 (42.2) 12 (11.8) 2 (2.0) 7 (6.9) |
Motivation for taking part I was interested in the health screen I was interested in getting the probiotic I wanted to support health research I wanted to be healthier All the above | 30 (29.4) 8 (7.8) 38 (37.3) 21 (20.6) 5 (2.9) |
Focus Group | ID | Age (Years) | BMI Category (kg/m2) | Ethnicity | Education | Parity | Method of Recruitment into the Study * |
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FG1 | P1 | 53 | 30–35 | White | Some third level | 2 | Email at work |
FG1 | P2 | 40 | 30–35 | White | Completed third level | 0 | Recruitment stand at work |
FG1 | P3 | 30 | 28–29.9 | White | Completed third level | 0 | Email at work |
FG1 | P4 | 40 | 35–40 | White | Completed third level | 1 | Word of mouth–family member (healthcare professional) |
FG1 | P5 | 36 | 35–40 | White | Completed third level | 0 | Word of mouth–friend (healthcare professional) |
FG2 | P6 | 36 | 30–35 | White | Completed third level | 0 | Spoke with member of research team at another study |
FG2 | P7 | 42 | 30–35 | White | Completed third level | 2 | Responded to poster put up in local hospital |
FG2 | P8 | 42 | 28–29.9 | White | Completed third level | 0 | Email at work |
FG2 | P9 | 44 | 35–40 | White | Completed third level | 3 | Post on Facebook |
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Killeen, S.L.; Byrne, D.F.; Geraghty, A.A.; Yelverton, C.A.; van Sinderen, D.; Cotter, P.D.; Murphy, E.F.; O’Reilly, S.L.; McAuliffe, F.M. Recruiting and Engaging Women of Reproductive Age with Obesity: Insights from A Mixed-Methods Study within A Trial. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 13832. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192113832
Killeen SL, Byrne DF, Geraghty AA, Yelverton CA, van Sinderen D, Cotter PD, Murphy EF, O’Reilly SL, McAuliffe FM. Recruiting and Engaging Women of Reproductive Age with Obesity: Insights from A Mixed-Methods Study within A Trial. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(21):13832. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192113832
Chicago/Turabian StyleKilleen, Sarah Louise, David F. Byrne, Aisling A. Geraghty, Cara A. Yelverton, Douwe van Sinderen, Paul D. Cotter, Eileen F. Murphy, Sharleen L. O’Reilly, and Fionnuala M. McAuliffe. 2022. "Recruiting and Engaging Women of Reproductive Age with Obesity: Insights from A Mixed-Methods Study within A Trial" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 21: 13832. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192113832