Including questionnaires with the invitation package appeared to increase the response fraction among women

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 696-699

  Rogers, Pierra A ^a   Haddow, Livia ^a   Thomson, Allyson K ^a   Fritschi, Lin ^a   Girschik, Jen ^a,b   Boyle, Terry ^a,b   El Zaemey, Sonia ^a,b   Heyworth, Jane S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Invitation to participate; Questionnaire length; Randomized controlled trial; Response fraction; Response rate; Survey methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BREAST CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW;

EID: 84860247445     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2011.11.007     Document Type: Article

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