Professionally designed information materials and telephone reminders improved consent response rates: Evidence from an RCT nested within a cohort study

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 877-887

  Boyd, Andy ^a   Tilling, Kate ^a   Cornish, Rosie ^a   Davies, Amy ^a   Humphries, Kerry ^a   MacLeod, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ALSPAC; Cohort study; Randomized controlled trial; Record linkage; Recruitment; Retention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; E-MAIL; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION SERVICE; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MOBILE PHONE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELEPHONE; ADOLESCENT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POSTAL MAIL; PREGNANCY; REMINDER SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POSTAL SERVICE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REMINDER SYSTEMS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TELEPHONE;

EID: 84933179911     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.03.014     Document Type: Article

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