Vedsted P, Mainz J, Olesen F
Aarhus Universitet, Forskningsenhed og Institut for Almen Medicin.
Ugeskr Laeger. 2001 Oct 1;163(40):5529-32.
The use of a mailed reminder to improve the response rate in a questionnaire survey was analysed in a general practice multicentre survey in Denmark, Norway, and the Netherlands. In total 14 general practitioners (GP's) handed out the questionnaire to 650 adult patients. A randomized sample of the patients who did not respond after three weeks received a reminder including a new questionnaire. In the group that received a reminder the response rate was significantly higher compared with the group that did not (79% vs. 62%). In Denmark, two of the four participating GP's were specially motivated. The response rate for these GP's was significantly higher compared to the normally motivated GP's (91% vs. 71%). Specially motivated GP's can increase the response rate and thereby minimise the effect of the reminder.
在丹麦、挪威和荷兰的一项多中心全科医疗调查中，分析了使用邮寄提醒来提高问卷调查回复率的情况。共有14名全科医生（GP）向650名成年患者发放了问卷。对三周后未回复的患者进行随机抽样，向他们发送了包含一份新问卷的提醒。与未收到提醒的组相比，收到提醒的组的回复率显著更高（79%对62%）。在丹麦，参与调查的4名全科医生中有2名受到了特别激励。与正常激励的全科医生相比，这些全科医生的回复率显著更高（91%对71%）。受到特别激励的全科医生可以提高回复率，从而将提醒的影响降至最低。
