Ten years later: Locating and interviewing children of drug abusers
Ten years later: Locating and interviewing children of drug abusers
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DOI：
10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2007.10.003
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发表时间：
2008-02-01
影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
Grassley, Mary H.
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作者：
Haggerty, Kevin P.;Fleming, Charles B.;Grassley, Mary H.
纵向研究需要较高的随访率，以保持统计功效，减少偏倚，提高结果的普遍性。本研究报告的定位和调查完成了为期10年的后续行动的重点对家庭的项目，调查了130个家庭为首的父母谁参加了美沙酮治疗阿片类药物成瘾。尽管至少10年没有与参与研究的人联系，但该项目成功地找到了近99%的父母参与者和98%的孩子。24%的父母和一个孩子在随访前死亡。在幸存的样本中，91%的父母和86%的孩子完成了后续采访。使用多种技术来定位研究参与者，包括互联网搜索，研究法院和公共记录，与政府和服务机构合作，以及联系家庭和社交网络。对于一半以上的样本，需要付出昂贵的努力来找到个人参与者。(c)2007爱思唯尔有限公司保留所有权利。
Longitudinal studies require high follow-up rates in order to maintain statistical power, reduce bias, and enhance the generalizability of results. This study reports on locating and survey completion for a 10-year follow-up of the Focus on Families project, an investigation of 130 families headed by parents who were enrolled in methadone treatment for opiate addiction. Despite having no contact with participants in the study for at least 10 years, the project successfully located nearly 99% of parent participants and 98% of their children. Twenty-four percent of the parents and one child had died before the follow-up. Of the surviving sample, 91% of parents and 86% of the children completed the follow-up interview. Multiple techniques were used to locate study participants, including internet searches, researching court and public records, collaborating with government and service agencies, and contacting family and social networks. For more than half of the sample, costly efforts were required to locate individual participants. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.