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Increasing response rates to postal questionnaires: systematic review

BMJ · 2002 · Vol. 324(7347) · pp. 1183–1183

Phil Edwards✉(London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)Ian Roberts(London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)Mike Clarke(Cochrane)Carolyn DiGuiseppi(University of Colorado Health)Sarah Pratap(Cochrane)Reinhard Wentz(Cochrane)Irene Kwan(Cochrane)

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Abstract

Health researchers using postal questionnaires can improve the quality of their research by using the strategies shown to be effective in this systematic review.

Survey Methodology and Nonresponse Health Policy Implementation Science Health disparities and outcomesMedicineOdds ratioConfidence intervalOddsRandomized controlled trialFamily medicinePhysical therapyLogistic regressionInternal medicine

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Data CollectionData Interpretation, StatisticalHumansMotivationPostal ServiceSurveys and QuestionnairesResearch DesignRandomized Controlled Trials as Topic