A randomized trial to assess the effect of a research informational pamphlet on telephone survey completion rates among older Latinos

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 624-627

  Santoyo Olsson, Jasmine ^a,b   Phan, Lisa ^c   Stewart, Anita L ^b   Kaplan, Celia ^a   Moreno John, Gina ^a,b   Nápoles, Anna M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Marin Community Clinics   (United States)

Author keywords

Hispanics; Latinos; Randomized trial; Research participation; Response rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; RESEARCH INFORMATIONAL PAMPHLET; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE SURVEY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SELECTION; SEX FACTORS; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 84861531801     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: 15592030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2012.03.004     Document Type: Article

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