A randomised controlled trial of email versus mailed invitation letter in a national longitudinal survey of physicians.

ABSTRACT: Despite their low cost, the use of email invitations to distribute surveys to medical practitioners have been associated with lower response rates. This research compares the difference in response rates from using email approach plus online completion rather than a mailed invitation letter plus a choice of online or paper completion. A parallel randomised controlled trial was conducted during the 11th annual wave of the nationally representative Medicine in Australia: Balancing Employment and Life (MABEL) longitudinal survey of doctors. The control group was invited using a mailed paper letter (including a paper survey plus instructions to complete online) and three mailed paper reminders. The intervention group was approached in the same way apart from the second reminder when they were

SUBMITTER: Harrap B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10443851 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature