The effect of a monetary incentive on return of a postal health and development questionnaire: a randomised trial [ISRCTN53994660]

Sara Kenyon; Katie Pike; David Jones; David Taylor; Alison Salt; Neil Marlow; Peter Brocklehurst

doi:10.1186/1472-6963-5-55

The effect of a monetary incentive on return of a postal health and development questionnaire: a randomised trial [ISRCTN53994660]

Sara Kenyon, Katie Pike, David Jones, David Taylor, Alison Salt, Neil Marlow, Peter Brocklehurst

Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit

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Abstract

Postal questionnaires are widely used to collect data in healthcare research but a poor response rate may reduce the validity and reliability of results. There was a lack of evidence available relating to use of a monetary incentive to improve the response rate in the healthcare setting.

Original language	English
Article number	55
Journal	BMC Health Services Research
Volume	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-5-55
Publication status	Published - 18 Aug 2005

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