A telephone survey of factors affecting willingness to participate in health research surveys

• Published in: BMC public health Vol. 15; no. 1; p. 1017
• Main Authors: Glass, DC, Kelsall, HL, Slegers, C., Forbes, AB, Loff, B., Zion, D., Fritschi, L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 05.10.2015; BioMed Central
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age Distribution; Aged; Australia; Cancer; Charities; Data collection; Epidemiology; Female; Health Surveys - methods; Health Surveys - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Interviews; Interviews as Topic; Male; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Middle Aged; Mortality; Native peoples; Older people; Participation; Pharmaceutical industry; Polls & surveys; Population; Public opinion; Qualitative research; Questionnaires; Research Design; Research Subjects - statistics & numerical data; Response rates; Sex Distribution; Studies; Surveys; Young Adult; Australia; Western Australia Australia
• ISSN: 1471-2458; 1471-2458
• DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2350-9

In recent years, reduced participation has been encountered across all epidemiological study designs, both in terms of non-response as well as refusal. A low response rate may reduce the statistical power but, more importantly, results may not be generalizable to the wider community. In a telephone...