Non-participation may bias the results of a psychiatric survey. An analysis from the survey including magnetic resonance imaging within the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 403-409

  Haapea, Marianne ^a,b   Miettunen, Jouko ^a   Veijola, Juha ^a,c   Lauronen, Erika ^a   Tanskanen, Päivikki ^b   Isohanni, Matti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c ACADEMY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Attrition; Birth cohort; Magnetic resonance imaging; Non participation; Schizophrenia; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROIMAGING; NONRESPONSE BIAS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PENSION; POSITIVE SYNDROME; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; REGISTER; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COHORT STUDIES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34248648773     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-007-0178-z     Document Type: Article

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