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WONCA 2023 Supplement 1: WONCA 2023 abstracts (A–K)
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Assessment of a two-phase recruitment strategy to enrol
primary care providers in research in Chile
Dr Diego Garcia-Huidobro1,2, Cristian Gonzalez3, Carla Muñoz3, María José Fernández4, Soledad
Martinez-Gutierrez3
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Department of Family Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, 2Department of Family
Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota, 3School of Public Health, Universidad de
Chile, 4Servicio de Salud Metropolitano Sur Oriente
Background
Primary care research requires primary care provider (PCP) participation. Several strategies have been
proposed to recruit PCPs into research projects; however, little is known about the impact of these
strategies, especially with limited financial resources.
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Objective
To assess the impact of a recruitment strategy in a research study inviting PCPs to assess their clinic’s
primary care attributes.
Methods
Community-based participatory research approaches were used. Researchers partnered with the
Metropolitan Southwest Health Service of Santiago, Chile, which oversees the health service delivery
of nine cities, including a total of 32 primary care clinics. A two-phase recruitment process was
designed and implemented sequentially to engage PCPs: (1) indirect, through clinic directors; and
(2) direct, with direct PCP invitations from the research team. Substrategies of the indirect recruitment
approach included: personal meeting with the clinic director; email from researchers; email from
the health service; and reminder email from researchers. Direct recruitment substrategies included:
personalised email to PCPs; and reminders (up to nine). Indirect recruitment substrategies were
implemented weekly, while direct recruitment substrategies were implemented every other day. The
number of enrolled PCPs was registered for each strategy.
Results
One city health department (with six primary care clinics) and three clinic directors declined
participation. In all, 553 participants were recruited from 1049 eligible PCPs from the 23 participating
clinics (52.7%), ranging between 34.1% and 88.6% of clinic PCPs. Indirect recruitment strategies
allowed enrolling 167 PCPs (15.9%), while direct recruitment strategies enrolled 386 PCPs (43.8%).
The impact of the different recruitment strategies differed between primary care clinics.
Conclusion
A two-phase sequential recruitment process allowed enrolling a large sample of Chilean PCPs in a
research project without a significant financial burden on the project.
Funding
This project was funded by the Fondo Nacional de Investigacion en Salud #SA19I0202.
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