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Why Patients with Chronic Disease Keep Silent? Analysis of Item Nonresponse in Rural China [PDF]

open access: yesIranian Journal of Public Health, 2019
Background: This study aimed to identify the characteristics of item nonresponse and examine the factors affecting the refusal or failure to respond of patients with chronic disease in rural China.
Yiqing MAO   +6 more
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Data quality in centenarian research: The proxy-centenarian relationship and item nonresponse in the SWISS100 study. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE
BackgroundIn recent years, there has been a growing interest in the investigation of very old individuals. However, various challenges arise when collecting data from this age group.
Daniele Zaccaria   +6 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Is assessment of oral health-related quality of life burdensome? An item nonresponse analysis of the oral health impact profile [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Oral Health, 2021
Aim This study aimed to investigate if in the 49-item Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP): (i) more missing data occurred when participants answered more questions, (ii) more missing data occurred in a particular item or set of related items, and (iii ...
Swaha Pattanaik   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Effect of different questionnaire formats on item nonresponse in older patients with cancer [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Geriatrics
Background Self-administered questionnaire surveys are instrumental in revealing patient experiences. However, concerns about the quality of data and validity of results arise from nonresponses, either to the entire survey or to specific items therein ...
Yuichi Ichinose   +7 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Interviewer and Respondent Sociodemographic Characteristics, Rapport, and Their Joint Impact on Data Quality in the NESDA Study [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research
Objectives Data quality in face‐to‐face interviews may be affected by sociodemographic characteristics of interviewers and respondents (age, education, and gender) as well as their (dis)similarity.
Melany Horsfall   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Imputing longitudinal PROM data at the item and score level in clinical trials [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Medical Research Methodology
Background Missing data in patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) can affect estimation accuracy and inferential validity, particularly under missing-at-random (MAR) mechanisms.
Carlo A.G. Veltri   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Beliefs, Behaviors, and Practices of Farm Biosecurity in the Midwestern U.S. Swine Operations [PDF]

open access: yesAnimals
Effective biosecurity is crucial for preventing swine diseases, but there can be a gap between what producers intend and what actually happens on the farm. We conducted a cross-sectional, self-administered online survey of Midwestern US swine operations (
Maurine C. Chepkwony   +7 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The process of item nonresponse in a questionnaire survey and its individual differences

open access: yesJournal of Human Environmental Studies, 2021
The relationship between the occurrence of item nonresponse and individual characteristics in questionnaire surveys can cause bias in parameter estimation.
Daisuke Shimada, Kentaro Katahira
doaj   +1 more source

More Clarification, Less Item Nonresponse in Establishment Surveys? A Split-Ballot Experiment

open access: yesSurvey Research Methods, 2021
The IAB Job Vacancy Survey of the German Institute for Employment Research collects detailed information on job search and vacancy durations for an establishment’s last successful hiring process.
Benjamin Küfner   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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