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Integrative Review of Recruitment of Research Participants Through Facebook.

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Reagan, L; Nowlin, SY; Birdsall, SB; Gabbay, J; Vorderstrasse, A; Johnson, C; D'Eramo Melkus, G
Published in: Nursing research
November 2019

Facebook (FB) has been widely used recently to recruit participants for adult health research. However, little is known about its effectiveness, cost, and the characteristics of participants recruited via FB when compared to other recruitment methods.The purpose of this integrative review was to examine the published evidence concerning the use of FB in participant recruitment for adult health research, as compared to other social media, online, and traditional recruitment methods.In this integrative review, we used the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. PubMed, CINAHL, SCOPUS, and Web of Science were the electronic databases used to identify the published articles. In regard to language, the search was limited.The efficacy and cost-effectiveness of using FB for recruitment in healthcare research as compared to more traditional forms of recruitment remain unclear. Reporting of recruitment strategies is inconsistent, and costs are often not included. FB is being used for recruitment frequently with other methods and, although often effective, can be costly.FB is used to recruit participants for a variety of studies, with researchers using both free and paid ads to reach potential participants. Reporting of recruitment methods needs to be more rigorous, streamlined, and standardized in scientific papers.

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Nursing research

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EISSN

1538-9847

ISSN

0029-6562

Publication Date

November 2019

Volume

68

Issue

6

Start / End Page

423 / 432

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Media
  • Patient Selection
  • Nursing Research
  • Nursing
  • Humans
  • Health Services Research
  • Adult
  • 4205 Nursing
  • 4204 Midwifery
  • 1110 Nursing
 

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Reagan, L., Nowlin, S. Y., Birdsall, S. B., Gabbay, J., Vorderstrasse, A., Johnson, C., & D’Eramo Melkus, G. (2019). Integrative Review of Recruitment of Research Participants Through Facebook. Nursing Research, 68(6), 423–432. https://doi.org/10.1097/nnr.0000000000000385
Reagan, Louise, Sarah Y. Nowlin, Stacia B. Birdsall, Juliana Gabbay, Allison Vorderstrasse, Constance Johnson, and Gail D’Eramo Melkus. “Integrative Review of Recruitment of Research Participants Through Facebook.Nursing Research 68, no. 6 (November 2019): 423–32. https://doi.org/10.1097/nnr.0000000000000385.
Reagan L, Nowlin SY, Birdsall SB, Gabbay J, Vorderstrasse A, Johnson C, et al. Integrative Review of Recruitment of Research Participants Through Facebook. Nursing research. 2019 Nov;68(6):423–32.
Reagan, Louise, et al. “Integrative Review of Recruitment of Research Participants Through Facebook.Nursing Research, vol. 68, no. 6, Nov. 2019, pp. 423–32. Epmc, doi:10.1097/nnr.0000000000000385.
Reagan L, Nowlin SY, Birdsall SB, Gabbay J, Vorderstrasse A, Johnson C, D’Eramo Melkus G. Integrative Review of Recruitment of Research Participants Through Facebook. Nursing research. 2019 Nov;68(6):423–432.

Published In

Nursing research

DOI

EISSN

1538-9847

ISSN

0029-6562

Publication Date

November 2019

Volume

68

Issue

6

Start / End Page

423 / 432

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Media
  • Patient Selection
  • Nursing Research
  • Nursing
  • Humans
  • Health Services Research
  • Adult
  • 4205 Nursing
  • 4204 Midwifery
  • 1110 Nursing