Following up nonrespondents to an online weight management intervention: Randomized trial comparing mail versus telephone

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Couper, Mick P ^a   Peytchev, Andy ^b   Strecher, Victor J ^a   Rothert, Kendra ^c   Anderson, Julia ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Attrition; Internet; Nonresponse; Randomized controlled trial; Weight management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; E-MAIL; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NORMAL HUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; TELEPHONE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POSTAL MAIL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES;

BARIATRICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ONLINE SYSTEMS; POSTAL SERVICE; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547582577     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.9.2.e16     Document Type: Article

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