Factors Influencing Web-Based Survey Response for a Longitudinal Cohort of Young Women Born Between 1989 and 1995.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With health research practices shifting toward rapid recruitment of samples through the use of online approaches, little is known about the impact of these recruitment methods on continued participation in cohort studies.

Objective

This study aimed to report on the retention of a cohort of young women who were recruited using an open recruitment strategy.

Methods

Women from the 1989-95 cohort of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health, recruited in 2012 and 2013 were followed up annually via Web-based surveys in 2014, 2015, and 2016. Prevalence ratios for survey response were calculated using log-binomial models with generalized estimating equations including demographic, health-related, and recruitment method characteristics examined as explana

SUBMITTER: Loxton D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6452283 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature