SynthesisBMC medical research methodology2023
Methods, strategies, and incentives to increase response to mental health surveys among adolescents: a systematic review.
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- Smartphone App-Based Survey Deployment Patterns and Longitudinal Response Rate: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Trial
- Feasibility and Acceptability of a Mobile App and Wearable Device for Collecting Mental Health Survey and Passively Sensed Data Among Health Care Workers in Kenya: Mixed Methods Pilot Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2026Article
- Assessing Adolescent Involvement in Type 1 Diabetes Treatment: A Scoping Review of Person-Reported Outcome Instruments.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2025Article
- Assessing Quality of Life and Symptoms in Transplantation and CAR-T Recipients: Expert Panel Recommendations from the Survivorship Special Interest Group of ASTCT.Transplantation and cellular therapy · 2025Review
- Association of pre- and postinjury mental health with long-term clinical and financial outcomes.The journal of trauma and acute care surgery · 2025Article
- Process evaluation of the digital Health4Life intervention among a sample of disadvantaged adolescents and teachers.Health promotion international · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundThis systematic review aimed to identify effective methods to increase adolescents' response to surveys about mental health and substance use, to improve the quality of survey information.
methodsWe followed a protocol and searched for studies that compared different survey delivery modes to adolescents. Eligible studies reported response rates, mental health score variation per survey mode and participant variations in mental health scores. We searched CENTRAL, PsycINFO, MEDLINE and Scopus in May 2022, and conducted citation searches in June 2022. Two reviewers independently undertook study selection, data extraction, and risk of bias assessments. Following the assessment of heterogeneity, some studies were pooled using meta-analysis.
resultsFifteen studies were identified, reporting six comparisons related to survey methods and strategies. Results indicate that response rates do not differ between survey modes (e.g., web versus paper-and-pencil) delivered in classroom settings. However, web surveys may yield higher response rates outside classroom settings. The largest effects on response rates were achieved using unconditional monetary incentives and obtaining passive parental consent. Survey mode influenced mental health scores in certain comparisons.
conclusionsDespite the mixed quality of the studies, the low volume for some comparisons and the limit to studies in high income countries, several effective methods and strategies to improve adolescents' response rates to mental health surveys were identified.
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