@article{ref1,
title="Cost Analysis of Obtaining Postintervention Results in a Cohort of High-Risk Adolescent Girls",
journal="Nursing research",
year="2007",
author="Kelly, Patricia J. and Ahmed, A. and Martinez, E. and Peralez-Dieckmann, Esther",
volume="56",
number="4",
pages="269-274",
abstract="BACKGROUND:: Little information is available to guide researchers who must estimate the costs associated with obtaining postintervention survey data from research cohorts. OBJECTIVE:: To estimate the costs of following girls involved in the juvenile justice system who were part of a reproductive health promotion intervention for 6 months; to determine the costs of collecting follow-up data; and to determine how participant characteristics, recruitment sites, and follow-up methods affect costs. METHOD:: Direct and indirect costs associated with program staff and various support services' time and the costs of incentives for participation were used to calculate the total cost of follow-up for each participant. Associations between the participant and program characteristics and total costs were assessed using bivariate and multivariate tests. RESULTS:: Of the 449 participants, 402 (89.5%) completed 6-month follow-up. Participants who had been or were pregnant, were runaways, had a history of partner violence, or did not use birth control at baseline were less likely to complete follow-up data. An average of 5.8 attempts was made over an average of 2.97 hr to locate each participant. The average cost of follow-up was $101.82 per participant. Locating participants using family members had the smallest impact on cost, whereas working with parole officers had the largest impact on cost. DISCUSSION:: These findings have implications for researchers preparing budgets for interventions that include a follow-up data collection. Greater resources should be allocated and specific strategies should be implemented when research cohorts have large numbers of participants with specific risk behaviors.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0029-6562",
doi="10.1097/01.NNR.0000280614.67824.e4",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.NNR.0000280614.67824.e4"
}