The impact of personalized prenotification on response rates to an electronic survey

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-23

  Hart, Ann Marie ^a   Brennan, Caitlin W ^b   Sym, Donna ^c   Larson, Elaine ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic surveys; Methodological inquiry; Methods; Prenotification; Response rates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; E-MAIL; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REMINDER SYSTEM; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FACULTY, NURSING; HUMANS; INTERNET; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REMINDER SYSTEMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58449088170     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: 15528456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193945908319249     Document Type: Article

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