Assessing research outcomes by postal questionnaire with telephone follow-up

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1065-1069

  Parker, Cj ^a   Dewey, Me ^a,d   Gladman, John ^b   Drummond, Avril ^b   Dewey, Michael ^b   Lincoln, Nadina ^b   Parker, Chris ^b   Logan, Philippa ^b   Radford, Kate ^b   Sharma, Anil ^b   Watkins, Caroline ^b   Leathley, Michael ^b   Dickinson, Hazel ^b   Mackie, Elaine ^b   Rhodes, Jan ^b   Lightbody, Liz ^b   Murray, Julie ^c   Lennon, Geralyn ^c   Mullarkey, Carol ^c   McCormick, Hazel ^c   Chisnall, Val ^c   McCann, Sean ^c   Birch, Meg ^b   Smith, Helen ^b   Gamm, Dave ^b   Vincent, Mary ^b   Chorlton, Sally ^b   Sessions, Dee ^b   Dennis, Martin ^b   Chalmers, Alison ^b   Moffat, Lesley ^b   Langhorne, Peter ^b   Peters, Joyce ^b   Blackwood, Karen ^b   Gilbertson, Louise ^b   Barer, David ^b   Fall, Susan ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Medicine for the Elderly Research Team ^*

^c OT Service   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bias postal questionnaires; Research outcomes; Stroke therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DATA ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0034533363     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/29.6.1065     Document Type: Article

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