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| Title |
The use of incentives in vulnerable populations for a telephone survey: a randomized controlled trial
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| Published in |
BMC Research Notes, October 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1756-0500-5-572 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Megan Knoll, Lianne Soller, Moshe Ben-Shoshan, Daniel Harrington, Joey Fragapane, Lawrence Joseph, Sebastien La Vieille, Yvan St-Pierre, Kathi Wilson, Susan Elliott, Ann Clarke |
| Abstract |
Poor response rates in prevalence surveys can lead to nonresponse bias thereby compromising the validity of prevalence estimates. We conducted a telephone survey of randomly selected households to estimate the prevalence of food allergy in the 10 Canadian provinces between May 2008 and March 2009 (the SCAAALAR study: Surveying Canadians to Assess the Prevalence of Common Food Allergies and Attitudes towards Food LAbeling and Risk). A household response rate of only 34.6% was attained, and those of lower socioeconomic status, lower education and new Canadians were underrepresented. We are now attempting to target these vulnerable populations in the SPAACE study (Surveying the Prevalence of Food Allergy in All Canadian Environments) and are evaluating strategies to increase the response rate. Although the success of incentives to increase response rates has been demonstrated previously, no studies have specifically examined the use of unconditional incentives in these vulnerable populations in a telephone survey. The pilot study will compare response rates between vulnerable Canadian populations receiving and not receiving an incentive. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 46 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 4% |
| Ecuador | 1 | 2% |
| Romania | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 42 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 8 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 15% |
| Researcher | 6 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 9% |
| Professor | 3 | 7% |
| Other | 8 | 17% |
| Unknown | 10 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 8 | 17% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 8 | 17% |
| Social Sciences | 7 | 15% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 4% |
| Environmental Science | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 6 | 13% |
| Unknown | 14 | 30% |
Attention Score in Context
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