Register-based data indicated nonparticipation bias in a health study among aging people

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1418-1425

  Nummela, Olli ^a   Sulander, Tommi ^b,c   Helakorpi, Satu ^a   Haapola, Ilkka ^b   Uutela, Antti ^a,d   Heinonen, Heikki ^a   Valve, Raisa ^b   Fogelholm, Mikael ^e  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c Age Institute   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^e ACADEMY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ageing; Bias; Health; Nonresponse; Registers; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICINE; NONRESPONSE BIAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; REIMBURSEMENT; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 80054992455     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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