A low response rate does not necessarily indicate non-response bias in gastroenterology survey research: A population-based study

Journal of Public Health (Germany)

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 87-95

  Choung, Rok Seon ^a,c   Locke III, G Richard ^a   Schleck, Cathy D ^a   Ziegenfuss, Jeanette Y ^a   Beebe, Timothy J ^a   Zinsmeister, Alan R ^a   Talley, Nicholas J ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bias; Gastrointestinal surveys; Population; Response

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANOREXIA; BLOATING; BODY MASS; COLITIS; COMMUNITY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DIVERTICULITIS; DYSPEPSIA; DYSPHAGIA; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FATIGUE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GI SURVEY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARTBURN; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HEPATITIS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; THORAX PAIN; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84872840599     PISSN: 09431853     EISSN: 16132238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10389-012-0513-z     Document Type: Review

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