Dutch Brain Research Registry for online study participant recruitment: Design and first results ; Epidemiology / Innovative methods in epidemiology (i.e., assessment methods, design, recruitment strategies, statistical methods, etc.)

Abstract Background Difficulty in participant recruitment is a significant barrier to clinical dementia studies. The Dutch Brain Research Registry (www.hersenonderzoek.nl) was set up for online recruitment of participants for neuroscience studies in the Netherlands. Here we present first results with respect to participant registration and enrollment in studies. To evaluate this process, we investigated which demographic, social and health‐related factors were related to study participation. Method Registrants were primarily recruited through social media. The online registration process consi... Mehr ...