Contacting controls: are we working harder for similar response rates, and does it make a difference?

American Journal of Epidemiology
A RogersMartha L Slattery

Abstract

Although obtaining high response rates is critical to epidemiologic studies, effort to achieve response rates is undocumented. The authors used three population-based case-control studies conducted in Utah between October 1991 and February 2003 to examine effort required for both initial contact and determination of final status. Differences in lifestyle characteristics between easy- or more-difficult-to-interview female controls were evaluated. Letter, phone, and in-person contacts were recorded to determine contact effort. Regarding effort required to achieve a final outcome, the number of contacts increased from eight to 14 over the 12-year study period. Compared with those in study A (conducted in 1991-1994), controls in studies B and C were twice as likely to require seven or more phone calls and controls in study B were twice as likely to require one or more in-person visit. Hispanic controls in study C were more likely than non-Hispanic White controls to receive an in-person visit and a noncontact letter. Compared with those more difficult to contact, those easy to contact were more likely to be overweight and less likely to have a family history of cancer. The amount of effort required to achieve similar or slightly low...Continue Reading

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