Factors Affecting Recruitment

¶ … Recruitment and Retention For any clinical trials, there are bound to be subjects who volunteer to take part in the trials and in recruiting and working with these subjects, it is important to ensure that they are treated as ethically as possible.it is also important to ensure that the procedure gives the best possible results which reflects the true effect and response from the subjects.

Due to the stringent nature of most recruitments, there are factors that are bound to affect the process in a positive as well as in a negative manner. The positive aspects that often affect recruitment and make it successful are such as the awareness of the candidates on the expectations that the investigator has on them hence reducing anxiety and uncertainty hence high rates of turn out and participation that will make the recruitment process end up with quality subjects.

The other positive factor is the awareness of the process to be used and the venue of the clinical trials which will make the candidates respond in time. The participants need also to be made aware of possible emerging barriers and be prepared in time to handle such. This will ensure that they are prepared and equipped to sail through the clinical trials effectively unlike when they are surprised by the barriers.

The fact that the clinical trial could be of medical benefit to a larger population also motivates some subjects to take part in the clinical trials. Other factors are such as the ability to earn some extra money from the trials as well as accessing free medical attention in the process of the trials (Sandra Williams, 2004). On the other hand, there are some negative factors that may act as barriers to effective recruitment.

One such is lack of sufficient information on the clinical trials may hinder the effective participation of the subjects. The long waiting times at the venues in order to sign up as a subject is also bound to make others give up and walk away hence negatively affecting the recruitment process. The uncertainty of the end result has also been noted as a significant barrier to recruitment as subjects.

It is also noted that the entrance procedure and qualifications are often too tight such that even potentially qualified candidates back off due to fear of those conditions yet they could have made it through and become the best subjects (Sullivan J., 2004).

Payment of clinical trials participants The issue of whether to pay the clinical trials participants or not has elicited a lot of ethical issues with some fearing that the focus of the trials could shift from the natural response and results to manipulated results and an emergence of individuals who take clinical trials as some sort of career, which should not be the case as it compromises the process.

However, the participants need to be paid since they will be engaged in the process for a number of days or weeks and this will not only consume their time, but also derail them from their daily economic activities. The payment will also act as a motivation towards dedication to the process after recruitment and giving their best to the clinical trials. However, the payments need not to be the.