Email-Based Recruitment Into the Health eHeart Study: Cohort Analysis of Invited Eligible Patients.
Madelena Y NgJeffrey E OlginGregory M MarcusCourtney Rees LylesMark J PletcherPublished in: Journal of medical Internet research (2023)
This study provides important insights into the potential returns on participant enrollment when digital health study teams invest resources in using email for recruitment. The findings show that participant enrollment was driven more strongly by sociodemographic factors than clinical factors. Overall, email is an extremely efficient means of recruiting participants from a large list into the Health eHeart Study. Despite some improvements in representation, the formulation of truly diverse studies will require additional resources and strategies to overcome persistent participation barriers.