Participant Bias in Community-Based Physical Activity Research: A Consistent Limitation?

IF 2.9 4区 医学 Q2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Journal of physical activity & health Pub Date : 2023-11-07 Print Date: 2024-02-01 DOI:10.1123/jpah.2023-0267
Iris A Lesser, Amanda Wurz, Corliss Bean, Nicole Culos-Reed, Scott A Lear, Mary Jung
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Abstract

Physical activity is a beneficial, yet complex, health behavior. To ensure more people experience the benefits of physical activity, we develop and test interventions to promote physical activity and its associated benefits. Nevertheless, we continue to see certain groups of people who choose not to, or are unable to, take part in research, resulting in "recruitment bias." In fact, we (and others) are seemingly missing large segments of people and are doing little to promote physical activity research to equity-deserving populations. So, how can we better address recruitment bias in the physical activity research we conduct? Based on our experience, we have identified 5 broad, interrelated, and applicable strategies to enhance recruitment and engagement within physical activity interventions: (1) gain trust, (2) increase community support and participation, (3) consider alternative approaches and designs, (4) rethink recruitment strategies, and (5) incentivize participants. While we recognize there is still a long way to go, and there are broader community and societal issues underlying recruitment to research, we hope this commentary prompts researchers to consider what they can do to try to address the ever-present limitation of "recruitment bias" and support greater participation among equity-deserving groups.

基于社区的体育活动研究中的参与者偏见:一个一致的局限性?
体育活动是一种有益但复杂的健康行为。为了确保更多的人体验到体育活动的好处,我们制定并测试了促进体育活动及其相关好处的干预措施。尽管如此,我们仍然看到某些群体选择不参加或无法参加研究,从而导致“招募偏见”。事实上,我们(和其他人)似乎错过了很大一部分人,在向值得公平的人群推广体育活动研究方面做得很少。那么,我们如何才能更好地解决我们进行的体育活动研究中的招聘偏见呢?根据我们的经验,我们确定了5种广泛、相互关联和适用的策略,以加强体育活动干预中的招募和参与:(1)获得信任,(2)增加社区支持和参与,(3)考虑替代方法和设计,(4)重新思考招募策略,以及(5)激励参与者。尽管我们认识到还有很长的路要走,而且招募研究人员背后还有更广泛的社区和社会问题,但我们希望这篇评论能促使研究人员考虑他们能做些什么,试图解决“招募偏见”一直存在的局限性,并支持值得公平的群体更多地参与。
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Journal of physical activity & health
Journal of physical activity & health PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-
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5.50
自引率
3.20%
发文量
100
期刊介绍: The Journal of Physical Activity and Health (JPAH) publishes original research and review papers examining the relationship between physical activity and health, studying physical activity as an exposure as well as an outcome. As an exposure, the journal publishes articles examining how physical activity influences all aspects of health. As an outcome, the journal invites papers that examine the behavioral, community, and environmental interventions that may affect physical activity on an individual and/or population basis. The JPAH is an interdisciplinary journal published for researchers in fields of chronic disease.
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