A randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of offering study results as an incentive to increase response rates to postal questionnaires [ISRCTN26118436]

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Postal questionnaires are widely used to collect outcome data on participants. However, a poor response to questionnaires will reduce the statistical power of the study and may introduce bias. A meta analysis of ten trials offering s...

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Main Authors: Torgerson David J, Cockayne Sarah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-10-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2288/5/34