Global overview of response rates in patient and health care professional surveys in surgery: a systematic review

VM Meyer, S Benjamens, M El Moumni… - Annals of …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Identify key demographic factors and modes of follow-up in surgical survey
response. Summary Background Data: Surveys are widely used in surgery to assess patient …

Methods to increase response to postal and electronic questionnaires

PJ Edwards, I Roberts, MJ Clarke… - Cochrane database …, 2023 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Self‐administered questionnaires are widely used to collect data in
epidemiological research, but non‐response reduces the effective sample size and can …

Effectiveness of incentives and follow-up on increasing survey response rates and participation in field studies

MG Smith, M Witte, S Rocha, M Basner - BMC medical research …, 2019 - Springer
Background Questionnaires are valuable data collection instruments in public health
research, and can serve to pre-screen respondents for suitability in future studies. Survey …

Effect of questionnaire length, personalisation and reminder type on response rate to a complex postal survey: randomised controlled trial

S Sahlqvist, Y Song, F Bull, E Adams, J Preston… - BMC medical research …, 2011 - Springer
Background Minimising participant non-response in postal surveys helps to maximise the
generalisability of the inferences made from the data collected. The aim of this study was to …

Questionnaires in clinical trials: guidelines for optimal design and administration

P Edwards - Trials, 2010 - Springer
A good questionnaire design for a clinical trial will minimise bias and maximise precision in
the estimates of treatment effect within budget. Attempts to collect more data than will be …

Strategies to improve retention in randomised trials

VC Brueton, J Tierney, S Stenning… - Cochrane Database …, 2013 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Loss to follow‐up from randomised trials can introduce bias and reduce study
power, affecting the generalisability, validity and reliability of results. Many strategies are …

A cross-sectional survey examining the extent to which interprofessional education is used to teach nursing, pharmacy and medical students in Australian and New …

S Lapkin, T Levett-Jones, C Gilligan - Journal of interprofessional …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
The current status of interprofessional education (IPE) in Australian and New Zealand
universities is largely unexamined despite its generally acknowledged benefit. Data are also …

Is it time to abandon paper? The use of emails and the Internet for health services research–a cost‐effectiveness and qualitative study

J Hunter, K Corcoran, S Leeder… - Journal of Evaluation in …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Rationale A multidisciplinary primary care clinic in Sydney, Australia, was planning to use
electronic questionnaires to measure patient‐reported outcomes. Methods Semi‐structured …

Increasing response rates to lifestyle surveys: a pragmatic evidence review

S McCluskey, AE Topping - Perspectives in public health, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Aims: Lifestyle surveys are often a key component of a local Joint Strategic Needs
Assessment (JSNA), undertaken to inform public health planning. They are usually …

RISE FOR HEALTH: Rationale and protocol for a prospective cohort study of bladder health in women

AL Smith, K Rudser, BL Harlow… - Neurourology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction The spectrum of bladder health and the factors that promote bladder health and
prevent lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) among women are not well understood. This …