Increasing Participation and Completion Rates in Questionnaire Surveys of Primary Care Patients: Cluster-Randomized Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Participation and completion rates in questionnaire-based surveys are often low.

Objective

This study aims to assess participation and completion rates for a survey using paper and mixed mode questionnaires with patients recruited by research assistants in primary care waiting rooms.

Methods

This cluster-randomized study, conducted in 2023 in France, involved 974 patients from 39 practices randomized into 4 groups: "paper with incentive" (n=251), "paper without incentive" (n=368), "mixed mode with tablet" (n=187), and "mixed mode with QR code" (n=168). Analyses compared the combined paper group with the 2 mixed mode groups and the "paper with incentive" and "paper without incentive" groups. Logistic regressions were used to analyze participation and complet

SUBMITTER: Sebo P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11897665 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature