Response Rates in Studies of Couples Coping With Cancer: A Systematic Review
Response Rates in Studies of Couples Coping With Cancer: A Systematic Review
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DOI：
10.1037/hea0000013
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发表时间：
2014-08-01
影响因子：
4.2
通讯作者：
Hagedoorn, Mariet
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作者：
Dagan, Meirav;Hagedoorn, Mariet
目标：招募夫妇进行心理学研究可能具有挑战性。这份简短的报告首次考察了夫妇的平均反应率，并系统地审查了应对癌症的夫妇研究中夫妇反应率的报告质量。方法：进行了系统评价（1980-2011），包括 83 项符合在同行评审期刊上发表的纳入标准的研究，使用横断面或纵向设计描述定量发现。结果：超过一半的纳入研究的总体报告不令人满意。因此，只能计算 33 个样本的夫妻反应率（CRR；所有分析的夫妻除以符合条件的合作患者/夫妻数量）。不同研究中的 CRR 差异很大，从 25% 到 90%（CRRM = 58%，SD = 17%）。文章中报告的比率 (M = 65%) 通常高于这些样本的平均 CRR (CRRM = 57%)。结论：该系统评价显示响应率报告不完整。因此，不能肯定地得出结论，报告的平均 CRR 代表了所有关于应对癌症的夫妇的研究。最后，所提供的数字通常比 CRR 更有利，可能会造成样本比实际情况更能代表目标人群的印象。这对于将此类研究的结果付诸实践具有重要意义。对结果进行批判性讨论，并提供改进建议。
Objective: Recruiting couples for psychological studies can be challenging. This brief report is the first to examine the average couples' response rate and to systematically review the quality of reporting of couples' response rate in studies of couples coping with cancer. Method: A systematic review (1980-2011) was conducted, including 83 studies meeting the inclusion criteria of being published in peer-reviewed journals, describing quantitative findings using a cross-sectional or longitudinal design. Results: Overall reporting was unsatisfactory in more than half of the included studies. As a consequence, the couples' response rate (CRR; all analyzed couples divided by the number of eligible partnered patients/couples approached) could be calculated for only 33 samples. This CRR varied considerably across studies from 25% to 90% (CRRM = 58%, SD = 17%). The rates reported in the articles (M = 65%) were often higher than the average CRR (CRRM = 57%) of these samples. Conclusions: This systematic review revealed incomplete reporting of response rate. Therefore, it cannot be firmly concluded that the average CRR reported is representative for all studies on couples coping with cancer. Finally, the figures presented, which are often more favorable than the CRR, may create the impression that the sample is more representative of the target population than it actually is. This has consequences for implementing the findings of such studies into practice. The results are critically discussed, and recommendations for improvement are provided.