Non-participation in a health examination survey in a rural-provincial area of Denmark - results from the Lolland-Falster Health Study (LOFUS).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lolland-Falster Health Study (LOFUS) was a health examination survey that included self-administered questionnaires, clinical examinations, and the collection of biological samples, undertaken in 2016-2020 in a rural, socioeconomically deprived area with the lowest life expectancy in Denmark. The aim of this study was to examine the determinants of non-participation in LOFUS to evaluate the extent to which LOFUS data reflected the general population of the area.

Methods

LOFUS invited randomly selected subjects together with their entire household. As determinants of non-participation, we analyzed age, sex, municipality of residency, citizenship, residency status, socioeconomic status, invitation type, and year of invitation. Relative risk regression was used to es

SUBMITTER: Lyngsoe S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11626842 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature