Abstract
Aims
This analysis identifies the correlates of 60‐ and 120‐day telephone‐based study follow‐ups among community‐dwelling adults in North Central Florida.
Methods
Six thousand three hundred and forty participants were recruited by Community Health Workers from the University of Florida′s community engagement program with a face‐to‐face baseline and two phone follow‐ups assessing indicators of health.
Results
Physical disability versus none (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 1.5; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.2─1.9), high trust in research versus none (aOR, 1.5; 95% CI, 1.1─2.1), history of research participation versus none (aOR, 1.6; 95% CI, 1.3─2.0), having health insurance versus none (aOR, 1.4; 95% CI, 1.1─1.7), interest in research participation versus none (aOR, 1.8; 95% CI, 1.3─2.7), and no drug use versus drug use (aOR, 0.5; 95% CI, 0.3─0.9) significantly predicted completion of follow‐up.
Conclusions
Health and social factors such as disability, insurance, history of and interest in research, trust and no drug use significantly predicted completing two follow‐ups. These findings can facilitate efforts to minimize attrition in the research enterprise.