In a randomized study of envelope and ink color, colored ink was found to increase the response rate to a postal questionnaire

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1326-1330

  Taylor, Kate S M ^a   Counsell, Carl E ^a   Harris, Clare E ^a   Gordon, Joanna C ^a   Fonseca, Sofia C C ^a   Lee, Amanda J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data collection; Envelope color; Healthcare surveys; Ink color; Postal questionnaire; Response rate

Indexed keywords

INK;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

AGED; COLOR; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INK; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33751207751     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2006.03.011     Document Type: Article

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