TY  - JOUR
AU  - Sanftenberg, Linda
AU  - Kosilek, Robert Philipp
AU  - Birnberger, Lorenz
AU  - Schillok, Hannah
AU  - Wittmann, Felix
AU  - Luppa, Melanie
AU  - Blawert, Anne
AU  - Boekholt, Melanie
AU  - Brettschneider, Christian
AU  - König, Hans-Helmut
AU  - Bauer, Alexander
AU  - Weise, Solveig
AU  - Frese, Thomas
AU  - Kaduszkiewicz, Hanna
AU  - Döhring, Juliane
AU  - Escales, Catharina
AU  - Thyrian, Jochen René
AU  - Wiese, Birgitt
AU  - Riedel-Heller, Steffi G
AU  - Gensichen, Jochen
TI  - Two sides of the same coin: recruitment performance and perceived workload in primary care trials-insights from the AgeWell.de study.
JO  - BMC primary care
VL  - 26
IS  - 1
SN  - 1471-2296
CY  - London
PB  - BioMed Central
M1  - DZNE-2025-00909
SP  - 243
PY  - 2025
AB  - Recruitment through general practitioners (GPs) is a key challenge in primary care trials. Understanding how individual, practice, and regional characteristics affect recruitment and perceived workload could help optimize participation strategies. This study aims to identify barriers and facilitators to patient recruitment within the AgeWell.de dementia prevention trial.We analysed publicly available data on GPs participating in the AgeWell.de trial, including their sociodemographic characteristics, practice structures, and socioeconomic indicators of their practice locations, alongside recruitment and survey data. We used correlation analysis and uni- and multivariable regression models to explore determinants of study engagement in terms of recruitment performance and perceived workload.Among 120 participating GPs, a total of 1,173 patients were recruited, though contributions varied widely. The top 20
KW  - Barriers and facilitators (Other)
KW  - General practitioner (Other)
KW  - Patient recruitment (Other)
KW  - Practice-based research networks (Other)
KW  - Randomized controlled trial (Other)
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - pmid:40764906
C2  - pmc:PMC12326823
DO  - DOI:10.1186/s12875-025-02948-1
UR  - https://pub.dzne.de/record/280231
ER  -