Telephone interviews and online questionnaires can be used to improve neurodevelopmental follow-up rates

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Johnson, Samantha ^a   Seaton, Sarah E ^a   Manktelow, Bradley N ^a   Smith, Lucy K ^a   Field, David ^a   Draper, Elizabeth S ^a   Marlow, Neil ^b   Boyle, Elaine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Follow up; Neurodevelopmental outcomes; Questionnaire; Response rates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TELEPHONE; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEPHONE;

EID: 84899123238     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-219     Document Type: Article

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