کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
3445159 1595335 2007 11 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Participation Rates in Epidemiologic Studies
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی پزشکی و دندانپزشکی (عمومی)
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Participation Rates in Epidemiologic Studies
چکیده انگلیسی

Participation rates for epidemiologic studies have been declining during the past 30 years with even steeper declines in recent years. This wholesale decrease in participation rate, or at the very least the increase in refusal, has, quite understandably, occasioned some concern among epidemiologists who have long considered a high study participation rate as one of the hallmarks of a “good” epidemiologic study. In this review we synthesize the issues that are central to epidemiologic thinking around declining study participation rates. We consider the reasons why study participation has been declining, summarize what we know about who does participate in epidemiologic studies, and discuss the implications of declining participation rates. We conclude with a discussion of methods that may help improve study participation rates.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Annals of Epidemiology - Volume 17, Issue 9, September 2007, Pages 643–653
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