Russell M L, Verhoef M J, Injeyan H S, McMorland D G
Department of Community Health Sciences, The University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2004 Jan;27(1):43-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2003.11.005.
Survey response rates may vary by type of practitioner studied and may have declined over time. Response rates for surveys of complementary practitioners have not been studied.
To describe the response rates in published surveys of chiropractors and explore for secular trends in response rates and for methodologic and geographic correlates of response rates.
Secondary analysis of data extracted from published English language reports of surveys of chiropractors. Response rates were calculated as the total number of persons from whom a questionnaire was returned divided by the total number of persons who were sent a questionnaire.
Sixty-two surveys represented by 79 articles published in the interval 1980 to 2000 met inclusion criteria for analysis. We were able to calculate a response rate for 46 postal surveys. The mean response rate was 52.7%. There was no significant association between geographic setting and response rate, and there was no evidence of secular trend in response rates. None of the studies employed incentives. The strongest predictor of response rate was number of contacts with the target population.
Response rates for surveys of chiropractors are similar to those observed for surveys of medical doctors. The key to obtaining high response rates is the use of evidence-based methods in design and conduct of the surveys.
调查的回应率可能因所研究的从业者类型而异，并且可能随时间下降。尚未对补充医学从业者调查的回应率进行研究。
描述已发表的脊医调查中的回应率，并探讨回应率的长期趋势以及回应率的方法学和地理相关性。
对从已发表的脊医调查英文报告中提取的数据进行二次分析。回应率计算为返回问卷的人数除以发送问卷的总人数。
1980年至2000年期间发表的79篇文章所代表的62项调查符合分析纳入标准。我们能够计算46项邮寄调查的回应率。平均回应率为52.7%。地理环境与回应率之间无显著关联，且没有证据表明回应率存在长期趋势。没有研究采用激励措施。回应率的最强预测因素是与目标人群的接触次数。
脊医调查的回应率与医生调查的回应率相似。获得高回应率的关键是在调查设计和实施中使用循证方法。
