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Physician participation in research surveys. A randomized study of inducements to return mailed research questionnaires.

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Donaldson, GW; Moinpour, CM; Bush, NE; Chapko, M; Jocom, J; Siadak, M; Nielsen-Stoeck, M; Bradshaw, JM; Bichindaritz, I; Sullivan, KM
Published in: Eval Health Prof
December 1999

The authors randomly selected 400 physicians from a population of 1,545 practicing physicians providing follow-up care to patients who received bone marrow or blood stem cell transplants at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center to determine interest in receiving Internet-based transplant information. In a two-factor completely randomized factorial design, the 400 physicians were assigned to receive mailed surveys with either no compensation or a $5 check and either no follow-up call or a follow-up call 3 weeks after mailing. Overall, 51.5% of the physicians returned the mailed surveys. Comparison of logit models showed that inclusion of a $5 check in the mailer significantly (p = .016) increased the probability of returning the surveys (57.5% vs. 45.5%). In contrast, the telephone follow-up had no overall effect. The authors concluded a modest financial reward can significantly improve physician response rates to research surveys but a telephone follow-up may be inefficient and even ineffective.

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Eval Health Prof

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ISSN

0163-2787

Publication Date

December 1999

Volume

22

Issue

4

Start / End Page

427 / 441

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Research
  • Public Health
  • Physicians
  • Organ Transplantation
  • Motivation
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Logistic Models
 

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Donaldson, G. W., Moinpour, C. M., Bush, N. E., Chapko, M., Jocom, J., Siadak, M., … Sullivan, K. M. (1999). Physician participation in research surveys. A randomized study of inducements to return mailed research questionnaires. Eval Health Prof, 22(4), 427–441. https://doi.org/10.1177/01632789922034392
Donaldson, G. W., C. M. Moinpour, N. E. Bush, M. Chapko, J. Jocom, M. Siadak, M. Nielsen-Stoeck, J. M. Bradshaw, I. Bichindaritz, and K. M. Sullivan. “Physician participation in research surveys. A randomized study of inducements to return mailed research questionnaires.Eval Health Prof 22, no. 4 (December 1999): 427–41. https://doi.org/10.1177/01632789922034392.
Donaldson GW, Moinpour CM, Bush NE, Chapko M, Jocom J, Siadak M, et al. Physician participation in research surveys. A randomized study of inducements to return mailed research questionnaires. Eval Health Prof. 1999 Dec;22(4):427–41.
Donaldson, G. W., et al. “Physician participation in research surveys. A randomized study of inducements to return mailed research questionnaires.Eval Health Prof, vol. 22, no. 4, Dec. 1999, pp. 427–41. Pubmed, doi:10.1177/01632789922034392.
Donaldson GW, Moinpour CM, Bush NE, Chapko M, Jocom J, Siadak M, Nielsen-Stoeck M, Bradshaw JM, Bichindaritz I, Sullivan KM. Physician participation in research surveys. A randomized study of inducements to return mailed research questionnaires. Eval Health Prof. 1999 Dec;22(4):427–441.
Journal cover image

Published In

Eval Health Prof

DOI

ISSN

0163-2787

Publication Date

December 1999

Volume

22

Issue

4

Start / End Page

427 / 441

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Research
  • Public Health
  • Physicians
  • Organ Transplantation
  • Motivation
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Logistic Models