Is shorter always better? Relative importance of questionnaire length and cognitive ease on response rates and data quality for two dietary questionnaires

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 404-409

  Subar, Amy F ^a   Ziegler, Regina G ^a   Thompson, Frances E ^a   Johnson, Christine Cole ^b   Weissfeld, Joel L ^c   Reding, Douglas ^d   Kavounis, Katherine H ^e   Hayes, Richard B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Josephine Ford Cancer Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^e WESTAT   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Diet surveys; Epidemiologic methods; Food habits; Nutrition assessment; Nutrition surveys; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035865731     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/153.4.404     Document Type: Article

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