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| rdf:type | |
| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
10
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1998-12-7
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| pubmed:abstractText |
Mailed questionnaires are an economical method of data collection for epidemiologic studies, but response tends to be lower than for telephone or personal interviews. As part of a follow-up study of volunteers who provided a brief health history and blood sample for a blood specimen bank in 1989, the authors conducted a controlled trial of the effect of length, incentives, and follow-up techniques on response to a mailed questionnaire. Interventions tested included variations on length of the questionnaire, effect of a monetary incentive, and effect of a postcard reminder versus a letter accompanied by a second questionnaire. Response was similar for the short (16-item, 4-page) and long (76-item, 16-page) questionnaire groups. The non-monetary [corrected] incentive did not improve the frequency of response. The second mailing of a questionnaire was significantly better than a postcard reminder in improving responses (23% vs. 10%). It is important to systematically test marketing principles to determine which techniques are effective in increasing response to mailed questionnaires for epidemiologic studies.
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| pubmed:grant | |
| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Nov
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| pubmed:issn |
0002-9262
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:day |
15
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| pubmed:volume |
148
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
1007-11
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2007-11-14
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:9829873-Adolescent,
pubmed-meshheading:9829873-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:9829873-Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:9829873-Blood Donors,
pubmed-meshheading:9829873-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:9829873-Follow-Up Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:9829873-Health Services Research,
pubmed-meshheading:9829873-Health Surveys,
pubmed-meshheading:9829873-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:9829873-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:9829873-Maryland,
pubmed-meshheading:9829873-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:9829873-Motivation,
pubmed-meshheading:9829873-Pilot Projects,
pubmed-meshheading:9829873-Postal Service,
pubmed-meshheading:9829873-Questionnaires,
pubmed-meshheading:9829873-Reminder Systems,
pubmed-meshheading:9829873-Retrospective Studies
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| pubmed:year |
1998
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Controlled trial of the effect of length, incentives, and follow-up techniques on response to a mailed questionnaire.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Epidemiology, School of Hygiene and Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Clinical Trial,
Comparative Study,
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.,
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.,
Controlled Clinical Trial
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