Non-response bias in physical activity trend estimates [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2009 Background Increases in reported leisure time physical activity (PA) and obesity have been observed in several countries. One hypothesis for these apparently contradictory trends is differential bias in estimates over time.
Bauman Adrian +5 more
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Impact of different cover letter content and incentives on non-response bias in a sample of Veterans applying for Department of Veterans Affairs disability benefits: a randomized, 3X2X2 factorial trial [PDF]
BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2022 Background Non-random non-response bias in surveys requires time-consuming, complicated, post-survey analyses. Our goal was to see if modifying cover letter information would prevent non-random non-response bias altogether.
Maureen Murdoch +4 more
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Non-response bias in estimates of prevalence of club-based sport participation from an Australian national physical activity, recreation and sport survey [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2018 Background An estimate of the prevalence of an activity derived from a sample survey is potentially subject to non-response bias, whereby people not involved in the activity are less likely to respond than those involved.
J. T. Harvey +3 more
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The impact of non-response bias due to sampling in public health studies: A comparison of voluntary versus mandatory recruitment in a Dutch national survey on adolescent health [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2017 Background In public health monitoring of young people it is critical to understand the effects of selective non-response, in particular when a controversial topic is involved like substance abuse or sexual behaviour.
Kei Long Cheung +4 more
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Investigating sources of non-response bias in a population-based seroprevalence study of vaccine-preventable diseases in the Netherlands [PDF]
BMC Infectious DiseasesBackground PIENTER 3 (P3), conducted in 2016/17, is the most recent of three nationwide serological surveys in the Netherlands. The surveys aim to monitor the effects of the National Immunisation Programme (NIP) by assessing population seroprevalence of ...
Abigail Postema +4 more
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Using administrative register data for adjusting non-response bias in the finnish gambling harms survey [PDF]
BMC Public HealthBackground Low response rates are an increasing problem in population-based gambling surveys. Selective non-response may cause biased findings. Supporting information from administrative registers, whenever available for non-respondents can be utilized ...
Jukka Kontto +2 more
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Exploring the role of gut microbiota in advancing personalized medicine
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 Ongoing extensive research in the field of gut microbiota (GM) has highlighted the crucial role of gut-dwelling microbes in human health. These microbes possess 100 times more genes than the human genome and offer significant biochemical advantages to ...
Gouxin Huang +7 more
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BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2020 Background High response rates are essential when questionnaires are used within research, as representativeness can affect the validity of studies and the ability to generalise the findings to a wider population.
Michaela Goodwin +7 more
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BMC Health Services Research, 2020 Background The association between patient satisfaction and survey response is only partly understood. In this study, we describe the association between average satisfaction and survey response rate across hospital surveys, and model the association ...
Thomas V. Perneger +2 more
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Survey by knocking the door and response rate enhancement technique in international business research [PDF]
Problems and Perspectives in Management, 2018 Low response rate has been considered as a matter in a survey. Even though researcher has applied techniques to enhance the response rate, they very often still experience low rate of response.
Maria Yosephine Dwi Hayu Agustini
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