Enrollment-Cost and Recruitment Effectiveness in a dTMS Clinical Trial for Older Adults with Depression: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Recruitment Strategies, Facilitators, and Barriers.

OBJECTIVE: Recruitment challenges are inherent in clinical research, and are particularly pronounced in older adults with depression, who often face unique barriers such as medical comorbidities and infrequent help-seeking behaviour. Neurostimulation techniques, like deep transcranial magnetic stimulation (dTMS), are often unfamiliar to patients within the healthcare system. Existing literature offers limited insight into the costs and …