Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Deng, R Z
• Jiao, W
• Mu, L G
• Chen, K
• Li, G
• Huang, W
• Wang, R X
• Tan, S R

Titel

Factors affecting the participation rates in epidemiologic surveys

Ist Teil von

• Zhōnghuá liúxíngbìng zázhì, 2017-10, Vol.38 (10), p.1431

Ort / Verlag

China

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The aim of this study was to investigate the response in health-related epidemiological investigation among Chinese population aged 15 and over. We analyzed the specific causes of non-response, and explored the effective ways to improve the response rate, so as to provide reference for future epidemiological studies of this kind. Two modes of studies regarding the prevalence of important cardiovascular diseases were used in Chongqing, during the 12(th) Five-Year Plan period in oder to find out the cause related to non-response. Intervention programs were carried out to evaluate the effects. When using the concentrated mode (CM), the completion rate to the questionnaires was only 20.00 in the pre-investigation, with the response rate as 13.48 . In the deconcentrated mode (DM), the completion rate was 31.16 , with the response rate as 25.19 . After a series of incentives provided to both the respondents and the project-related core staff in the two modes, response rates of the two modes increased to the expecte