Telephone interviews can be used to collect follow-up data subsequent to no response to postal questionnaires in clinical trials

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 90-99

  Lall, Ranjit ^a   Mistry, Dipesh ^a   Bridle, Chris ^a   Lamb, Sallie E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Follow up; Postal; Questionnaire; Telephone; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYMENT; EQ 5D; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERVIEW; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED VON KORFF DISABILITY; MODIFIED VON KORFF PAIN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 12; SHORT FORM 36; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTAL SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEPHONE;

EID: 82255162876     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2011.04.011     Document Type: Article

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