Predictors of Nonresponse in a Questionnaire-Based Outcome Study of Vocational Rehabilitation Patients

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1499-1505

  Burrus, Cyrille ^a   Ballabeni, Pierluigi ^a,b   Deriaz, Olivier ^a   Gobelet, Charles ^a   Luthi, François ^a  

^a SUVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Questionnaires; Rehabilitation; Selection bias

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; REHABILITATION CENTERS; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SELECTION BIAS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69549116900     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.03.014     Document Type: Article

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