A small unconditional non-financial incentive suggests an increase in survey response rates amongst older general practitioners (GPs): a randomised controlled trial study

Pit, Sabrina; Hansen, Vibeke; Ewald, Dan

doi:10.1186/1471-2296-14-108

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“…In other surveys in which physicians are approached by mail but offered paper and online response, a much lower proportion responded online, for example, 7.8% (Lusk et al, 2007), 2% (Bonevski, Magin, Horton, Foster, & Girgis, 2011;Nicholls et al, 2011), or 6.2% (Grava-Gubins & Scott, 2008. In a recent survey of physicians in New South Wales, Australia, no one chose to respond online (Pit, Hansen, & Ewald, 2013). The proportion responding online in MABEL is also greater than those doing so in general, nonmedical, populations, for example, 14.4% respondents did so online in a survey of Andalusians living abroad (de Rada & Domínguez, 2015), 12.% of respondents did so online in a survey of colorectal cancer patients (Horevoorts et al, 2015), and 20% of respondents did so online in a general public survey (Smyth et al, 2010).…”

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Do Physicians Prefer to Complete Online or Mail Surveys? Findings From a National Longitudinal Survey

Taylor

Scott

2018

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Survey response rates for physicians are falling generally, and surveys of physicians tend to have lower response rates than those of the general population. To maximize response, respondents are often given a choice of modes in which to respond. The aim of this article is to describe mode response patterns and identify factors related to physicians' decisions to complete surveys online rather than by mail. The data are from the fifth annual wave of the Medicine in Australia: Balancing Employment and Life longitudinal survey of physicians, in which there was a 43.5% response rate (10,746/24,711) and 33.7% of respondents completed the survey online. Online completion was more likely when the physician had completed the survey online in the previous wave, was a general practitioner rather than

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Do Physicians Prefer to Complete Online or Mail Surveys? Findings From a National Longitudinal Survey

Taylor

Scott

2018

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“…11 Monetary incentives seem to be the most successful strategy to increase physicians' response rates to surveys. 12,13 Other effective approaches include non-monetary incentives, shorter surveys and pre-contact (defined as contacting participants before delivering the survey in order to explain the aim and clarify any doubts). 6,11,12 The survey delivery mode is also important, with postal surveys generally showing higher response rates when compared with telephone, e-mail, fax and online surveys.…”

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Portuguese Primary Care physicians response rate in surveys: A systematic review

Basílio

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Laranjo

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Rev. Assoc. Med. Bras.

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“…Patients will receive a small unconditional and non-financial incentive together with each follow-up, which is an evidence-based strategy to increase the response rates [43–45].…”

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Effectiveness of training general practitioners to improve the implementation of brief stop-smoking advice in German primary care: study protocol of a pragmatic, 2-arm cluster randomised controlled trial (the ABCII trial)

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Background The German clinical guideline on tobacco addiction recommends that general practitioners (GPs) provide brief stop-smoking advice to their patients according to the “5A” or the much briefer “ABC” method, but its implementation is insufficient. A lack of training is one barrier for GPs to provide such advice. Moreover, the respective effectiveness of a 5A or ABC training regarding subsequent delivery of stop-smoking advice has not been investigated. We developed a training for GPs according to both methods, and conducted a pilot study with process evaluation to optimize the trainings according to the needs of GPs. This study aims at evaluating the effectiveness of both trainings. Methods A pragmatic 2-arm cluster randomised controlled trial with a pre-post data collection will be conducted in 48 GP practices in North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany). GPs will be randomised to receive a 3.5-h-training in delivering either 5A or ABC, including peer coaching and intensive role plays with professional actors. The patient-reported primary outcome (receipt of GP advice to quit: yes/no) and secondary outcomes (recommendation rates of smoking cessation treatments, group comparison (5A versus ABC): receipt of GP advice to quit) will be collected in smoking patients routinely consulting their GP within 4 weeks prior, and 4 weeks following the training. Additional secondary outcomes will be collected at 4, 12 and 26 weeks following the consultation: use of cessation treatments during the last quit attempt (if so) since the GP consultation, and point-prevalence abstinence rates. The primary data analysis will be conducted using a mixed-effects logistic regression model with random effects for the cluster variable. Discussion If the training increases the rates of delivery of stop-smoking advice, it would offer a low-threshold strategy for the guideline implementation in German primary care. Should one method prove superior, a more specific guideline recommendation can be proposed. Trial registration German Clinical Trials Register ( DRKS00012786 ); registered on 22th August 2017, prior to the first patient in. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12875-019-0986-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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A small unconditional non-financial incentive suggests an increase in survey response rates amongst older general practitioners (GPs): a randomised controlled trial study

Cited by 10 publications

References 12 publications

Do Physicians Prefer to Complete Online or Mail Surveys? Findings From a National Longitudinal Survey

Do Physicians Prefer to Complete Online or Mail Surveys? Findings From a National Longitudinal Survey

Portuguese Primary Care physicians response rate in surveys: A systematic review

Effectiveness of training general practitioners to improve the implementation of brief stop-smoking advice in German primary care: study protocol of a pragmatic, 2-arm cluster randomised controlled trial (the ABCII trial)

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