A charitable donation incentive did not increase physician survey response rates in a randomized trial

In the Australian study, the control group response rate was 70%, providing little room for improvement. [...]unlike our study, the Australian study provided monthly reminders over a 4-month period. Characteristics Intervention (N=241) Control (N=241) n (%) n (%) Female gender 75 (31.1) 73 (30.0) Pr...

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Published in:Journal of clinical epidemiology 2014-04, Vol.67 (4), p.482-483
Main Authors: Nesrallah, Gihad, Barnieh, Lianne, Manns, Braden, Clase, Catherine, Mendelssohn, David, Guyatt, Gordon
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Altruism
Canada
Charities
Confidence intervals
Data Collection - methods
Donations
Epidemiology
Female
Humans
Internal Medicine
Male
Medical research
Physicians - psychology
Proportional Hazards Models
Response rates
Reward
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Summary:In the Australian study, the control group response rate was 70%, providing little room for improvement. [...]unlike our study, the Australian study provided monthly reminders over a 4-month period. Characteristics Intervention (N=241) Control (N=241) n (%) n (%) Female gender 75 (31.1) 73 (30.0) Practice setting University 78 (32.4) 79 (32.5) Community 149 (61.8) 147 (60.5) Missing 14 (5.8) 17 (7.0) Province Alberta 27 (11.2) 26 (10.7) British Columbia 29 (12.0) 31 (12.8) Manitoba 10 (4.1) 8 (3.3) Maritimes 18 (7.5) 19 (7.8) Ontario 86 (35.7) 84 (34.6) Quebec 61 (25.3) 66 (27.2) Saskatchewan 5 (2.1) 6 (2.5) Missing 5 (2.1) 3 (1.2) Table 1 Characteristics of study participants
ISSN:0895-4356
1878-5921
DOI:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2013.11.005