Predictors of locating women six to eight years after contact: Internet resources at recruitment may help to improve response rates in longitudinal research

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Cadarette, Suzanne M ^a,b   Dickson, Leigh ^a   Gignac, Monique A M ^b,c,d   Beaton, Dorcas E ^b,d,e   Jaglal, Susan B ^a,b   Hawker, Gillian A ^a,b  

^a WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; POST HOC ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; VITAL STATISTICS; AGE; CANADA; E-MAIL; INFORMATION SERVICE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTAL MAIL; PUBLICATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TELEPHONE; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CANADA; DATA COLLECTION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; ONTARIO; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIODICALS; POSTAL SERVICE; TELEPHONE; TIME; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 34447104353     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-7-22     Document Type: Article

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