Trial reportJournal of epidemiology and community health2001
Provision of pen along with questionnaire does not increase the response rate to a postal survey: a randomised controlled trial.
Trial report in Journal of epidemiology and community health, 2001. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Methods to increase response to postal and electronic questionnaires.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Increasing response rates from physicians in oncology research: a structured literature review and data from a recent physician survey.British journal of cancer · 2012Pooled it
- Methods to increase response to postal and electronic questionnaires.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2009Pooled it
- Enclosing a pen to improve response rate to postal questionnaire: an embedded randomised controlled trial.F1000Research · 2020Trial
- Using pens as an incentive for trial recruitment of older adults: An embedded randomised controlled trial.F1000Research · 2019Trial
- A small unconditional non-financial incentive suggests an increase in survey response rates amongst older general practitioners (GPs): a randomised controlled trial study.BMC family practice · 2013Trial
- Effect of prize draw incentive on the response rate to a postal survey of obstetricians and gynaecologists: a randomised controlled trial. [ISRCTN32823119].BMC health services research · 2004Trial
- Effects of disseminating research findings on response rates in a community survey: a randomised controlled trial.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2003Trial
- Effect of paper quality on the response rate to a postal survey: a randomised controlled trial. ISRCTN 32032031.BMC medical research methodology · 2001Trial
- A method for achieving high response rates in national surveys of U.S. primary care physicians.PloS one · 2018Article
- Collecting behavioural data using the world wide web: considerations for researchers.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2003Review
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
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Abstract
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Registered trials
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