Enhancing Surveys of Health Care Professionals: A Meta-Analysis of Techniques to Improve Response
Enhancing Surveys of Health Care Professionals: A Meta-Analysis of Techniques to Improve Response
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DOI：
10.1177/0163278713496425
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发表时间：
2013-09-01
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2.9
通讯作者：
VanGeest, Jonathan B.
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作者：
Cho, Young Ik;Johnson, Timothy P.;VanGeest, Jonathan B.
涉及卫生保健提供者的调查的特点是低和下降的响应率（RR），研究人员已经利用各种策略，以提高卫生专业人员的调查RR。基于48项研究，156个亚组的研究内的条件下，进行了多层次的荟萃回归分析，以总结不同的策略在卫生专业人员的调查的影响。卫生专业人员的总体调查RR估计为0.53，在过去的半个世纪中呈显著下降趋势。在所检查的变量中，数据收集模式、激励措施和随访尝试次数均与RR显著相关。邮件调查方式比在线或网络调查方式更能有效提高RR。相对于非激励的亚组，接受货币激励的亚组更有可能做出反应，而非货币激励组与非激励组没有显着差异。当考虑随访次数时，发现一次或两次随访尝试可有效增加卫生专业人员的调查RR。研究人员注意到与调查卫生专业人员有关的挑战，必须尽一切努力，通过实施适当的激励和设计为基础的战略，以提高参与率，改善其目标人群的可及性。
Surveys involving health care providers are characterized by low and declining response rates (RRs), and researchers have utilized various strategies to increase survey RRs among health professionals. Based on 48 studies with 156 subgroups of within-study conditions, a multilevel meta-regression analysis was conducted to summarize the effects of different strategies employed in surveys of health professionals. An estimated overall survey RR among health professionals was 0.53 with a significant downward trend during the last half century. Of the variables that were examined, mode of data collection, incentives, and number of follow-up attempts were all found to be significantly related to RR. The mail survey mode was more effective in improving RR, compared to the online or web survey mode. Relative to the non-incentive subgroups, subgroups receiving monetary incentives were more likely to respond, while nonmonetary incentive groups were not significantly different from non-incentive groups. When number of follow-ups was considered, the one or two attempts of follow-up were found to be effective in increasing survey RR among health professionals. Having noted challenges associated with surveying health professionals, researchers must make every effort to improve access to their target population by implementing appropriate incentive- and design-based strategies demonstrated to improve participation rates.