TY  - JOUR
AU  - Mahalingaiah, Shruthi
AU  - Cheng, J Jojo
AU  - Winter, Michael R
AU  - Rodriguez, Erika
AU  - Fruh, Victoria
AU  - Williams, Anna
AU  - Nguyen, MyMy
AU  - Madhavan, Rashmi
AU  - Karanja, Pascaline
AU  - MacRae, Jill
AU  - Konanki, Sai Charan
AU  - Lane, Kevin J
AU  - Aschengrau, Ann
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/4/16
TI  - Multimodal Recruitment to Study Ovulation and Menstruation Health: Internet-Based Survey Pilot Study
JO  - J Med Internet Res
SP  - e24716
VL  - 23
IS  - 4
KW  - polycystic ovary syndrome
KW  - PCOS
KW  - menstrual cycle
KW  - multimodal recruitment strategy
KW  - epidemiology
KW  - recruitment
KW  - pilot
KW  - strategy
KW  - women
KW  - feasibility
KW  - online survey
KW  - ovulation
KW  - menstrual
AB  - Background: Multimodal recruitment strategies are a novel way to increase diversity in research populations. However, these methods have not been previously applied to understanding the prevalence of menstrual disorders such as polycystic ovary syndrome. Objective: The purpose of this study was to test the feasibility of recruiting a diverse cohort to complete a web-based survey on ovulation and menstruation health. Methods: We conducted the Ovulation and Menstruation Health Pilot Study using a REDCap web-based survey platform. We recruited 200 women from a clinical population, a community fair, and the internet. Results: We recruited 438 women over 29 weeks between September 2017 and March 2018. After consent and eligibility determination, 345 enrolled, 278 started (clinic: n=43; community fair: n=61; internet: n=174), and 247 completed (clinic: n=28; community fair: n=60; internet: n=159) the survey. Among all participants, the median age was 25.0 (SD 6.0) years, mean BMI was 26.1 kg/m2 (SD 6.6), 79.7% (216/271) had a college degree or higher, and 14.6% (37/254) reported a physician diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome. Race and ethnicity distributions were 64.7% (176/272) White, 11.8% (32/272) Black/African American, 7.7% (21/272) Latina/Hispanic, and 5.9% (16/272) Asian individuals; 9.9% (27/272) reported more than one race or ethnicity. The highest enrollment of Black/African American individuals was in clinic (17/42, 40.5%) compared to 1.6% (1/61) in the community fair and 8.3% (14/169) using the internet. Survey completion rates were highest among those who were recruited from the internet (159/174, 91.4%) and community fairs (60/61, 98.4%) compared to those recruited in clinic (28/43, 65.1%). Conclusions: Multimodal recruitment achieved target recruitment in a short time period and established a racially diverse cohort to study ovulation and menstruation health. There were greater enrollment and completion rates among those recruited via the internet and community fair. 
SN  - 1438-8871
UR  - https://www.jmir.org/2021/4/e24716
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2196/24716
UR  - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33861203
DO  - 10.2196/24716
ID  - info:doi/10.2196/24716
ER  -