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Perspectives on Recruitment and Representativeness in Forensic Psychiatric Research

Participant representativeness and statistical power are crucial elements of robust research with human participants, both of which relate to the successful recruitment of research participants. Nevertheless, such core features may often not be fully reported or duly considered in psychiatric resear...

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Autores principales: Pedersen, Sven H., Bergman, Henrik, Berlin, Johan, Hartvigsson, Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8247569/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34220570
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.647450
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author Pedersen, Sven H.
Bergman, Henrik
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description Participant representativeness and statistical power are crucial elements of robust research with human participants, both of which relate to the successful recruitment of research participants. Nevertheless, such core features may often not be fully reported or duly considered in psychiatric research. Building on our experiences of collecting data in the context of forensic mental health services, we discuss issues regarding participant recruitment and representativeness in our field with its particular characteristics. A quick sampling and brief overview of the literature in four specialized forensic mental health journals is presented, demonstrating that published manuscripts rarely describe the data in sufficient detail for the reader to assess sample representativeness and statistical power. This lack of transparency leads not only to difficulties in interpreting the research; it also entails risks relating to the already meager evidence base of forensic mental health services being relevant only to a subset of patients. Accordingly, we provide suggestions for increased transparency in reporting and improved recruitment of research participants. We also discuss the balance of ethical considerations pertinent to the pursuit of increased participation rates in forensic mental health research.
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spelling pubmed-82475692021-07-02 Perspectives on Recruitment and Representativeness in Forensic Psychiatric Research Pedersen, Sven H. Bergman, Henrik Berlin, Johan Hartvigsson, Thomas Front Psychiatry Psychiatry Participant representativeness and statistical power are crucial elements of robust research with human participants, both of which relate to the successful recruitment of research participants. Nevertheless, such core features may often not be fully reported or duly considered in psychiatric research. Building on our experiences of collecting data in the context of forensic mental health services, we discuss issues regarding participant recruitment and representativeness in our field with its particular characteristics. A quick sampling and brief overview of the literature in four specialized forensic mental health journals is presented, demonstrating that published manuscripts rarely describe the data in sufficient detail for the reader to assess sample representativeness and statistical power. This lack of transparency leads not only to difficulties in interpreting the research; it also entails risks relating to the already meager evidence base of forensic mental health services being relevant only to a subset of patients. Accordingly, we provide suggestions for increased transparency in reporting and improved recruitment of research participants. We also discuss the balance of ethical considerations pertinent to the pursuit of increased participation rates in forensic mental health research. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-06-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8247569/ /pubmed/34220570 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.647450 Text en Copyright © 2021 Pedersen, Bergman, Berlin and Hartvigsson. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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title_short Perspectives on Recruitment and Representativeness in Forensic Psychiatric Research
title_sort perspectives on recruitment and representativeness in forensic psychiatric research
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8247569/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34220570
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.647450
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