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Does requesting sensitive information on postal questionnaires have an impact on response rates? A randomised controlled trial in the south west of England.

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Peters, T. J. Harvey, I. M. W. Bachmann, Max Oscar Eachus, Jenny
Copyright Year	1998
Abstract	The context of the trial reported here was a two phase community based observational study to ascertain the prevalence of various chronic conditions. The first phase entailed a postal screening questionnaire; the second involved clinical examinations of screen positives and a sample of screen negatives. To maximise compliance with the second phase, it was considered valuable to obtain subjects’ telephone numbers from the initial questionnaire. However, there was concern that requesting this information might reduce the questionnaire response rate. Potential sensitivity to divulging this information is clear in a community setting where in the experience of ourselves and others the proportion of people who are ex-directory is around 25% (David Mouncey, personal communication). Previous randomised controlled trials on optimising questionnaire response rates have focused on either financial incentives or the apparent mailing source. Although a number have investigated the impact of asking sensitive questions (for example, about ethnic group 3 or explicit questions regarding cancer), the impact of requesting telephone numbers has not previously been investigated.
Starting Page	130
Ending Page	130
Page Count	1
File Format	PDF HTM / HTML
DOI	10.1136/jech.52.2.130
PubMed reference number	9578863
Journal	Medline
Volume Number	52
Issue Number	2
Alternate Webpage(s)	http://jech.bmj.com/content/jech/52/2/130.full.pdf
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.52.2.130
Journal	Journal of epidemiology and community health
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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