A RANDOMIZED TRIAL OF THE TOTAL DESIGN METHOD FOR THE POSTAL FOLLOW-UP OF WOMEN IN A CANCER PREVENTION TRIAL

Authors
SUTHERLAND HJ BEATON M MAZER R KRIUKOV V BOYD NF
Citation
Hj. Sutherland et al., A RANDOMIZED TRIAL OF THE TOTAL DESIGN METHOD FOR THE POSTAL FOLLOW-UP OF WOMEN IN A CANCER PREVENTION TRIAL, European journal of cancer prevention, 5(3), 1996, pp. 165-168
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Oncology
Journal title
European journal of cancer prevention → ACNP
ISSN journal
09598278
Volume
5
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
165 - 168
Database
ISI
SICI code
0959-8278(1996)5:3<165:ARTOTT>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Mail surveys have been used to follow-up early participants in a Canad ian breast cancer prevention trial, To minimize non-response bias, we undertook a randomized study of two postal strategies, of which one wa s our usual procedure and the other was a systematic application, know n as the total design method (TDM) and described by Dillman. The respo nse rates to the two methods were 62 and 88% respectively. The TDM is a practical, cost-efficient approach to reducing non-response bias in postal surveys and as such has an important role in epidemiological re search which involves healthy participants.