Table 4.

Costs Associated With Conducting Research in the Community Setting

	Study One: interviews 37 participants	Study Two: questionnaires 117 participants
Recruitment period	November 2005 to September 2007	April 2008 to March 2009
Nonfinancial costs
Total no. of documented visits to community	63a	56a
No. of visits involving research staff	41	34
No. of visits involving PI	45	39
Approximate total number of trips from UCLA campus to communityb	41	17
Approximate total amount of research staff time spent commuting from UCLA campus to community sitesb	82 hr (2 hr each trip × 41 trips)	34 hr (2 hr each trip × 17 trips)
Approximate total amount of research staffb time spent in community setting (based on average length of visit, interview, or event)	57 hr	114 hr
Approximate total amount of research staffb time spent on recruitment-related activities at UCLA research office	204 hr	369 hr
Approximate total amount of PI time spent for traveling and working in community setting based on 45 trips	180 hr	156 hr
Approximate total amount of PI time spent on recruitment-related activities at UCLA research office	667 hr	400 hr
Total hours spent on recruitment activities in and out of community setting during recruitment period	1,190 hr	1,073 hr
FTE used for recruitment-related activities during recruitment period	0.28	0.33
Average time in community spent per enrolled participant	8.6 hr	2.6 hr
Financial costs
Total mileage costb	$875 (for 41 trips)	$377 (for 17 trips)
Approximate total of research staffb salary and benefits traveling to community sites	$820 (for 82 hr)	$399 (for 34 hr)
Approximate total of research staffb salary and benefits for time spent in community setting (based on average length of visit, interview, or event)	$572 (for 57 hr)	$2781 (for 114 hr)
Approximate total of research staffb salary and benefits for recruitment-related activities at UCLA research office	$2,147 (for 204 hr)	$4,818 (for 369 hr)
Approximate total of PI salary and benefits for time spent in community setting and commuting to sites	$7,570 (for 180 hr)	$6,560 (for 156 hr)
Approximate total of PI salary and benefits for recruitment-related activities at UCLA research office	$26,634 (for 667 hr)	$16,822 (for 400 hr)
Financial incentive for participation	$1,295	$3,140
Cost of flyers	$75	$346
Event costs	$0	$556
Total costs related to recruitment	$39,988	$35,799
Total overall recruitment cost per enrolled participant	$1,080.76	$298.33

Note: PI = principal investigator; UCLA = University of California–Los Angeles; FTE = full-time equivalent personnel.

^aIncludes outreach, recruitment, and data collection activities.

^bNot including PI.