Including the questionnaire with an invitation letter did not improve a telephone survey's response rate

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1312-1314

  Byrne, Christopher M ^a,b   Harrison, James D ^a   Young, Jane M ^a   Selby, Warwick S ^a,b   Solomon, Michael J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Inflammatory bowel diseases; Questionnaires; Randomized controlled trials

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TELEPHONE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CORRESPONDENCE AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTAL SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEPHONE;

EID: 36048991453     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2007.04.005     Document Type: Article

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