A very low response rate in an on-line survey of medical practitioners
dc.contributor.author | Aitken, C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Power, R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Dwyer, Robyn | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-30T11:56:04Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-01-30T11:56:04Z | |
dc.date.created | 2016-09-12T08:37:00Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Aitken, C. and Power, R. and Dwyer, R. 2008. A very low response rate in an on-line survey of medical practitioners. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 32 (3): pp. 288-289. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/16488 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2008.00232.x | |
dc.description.abstract |
Objective: To report on the response rate achieved in a survey of medical practitioners and discuss the reasons for it. Method: An on-line (internet-based) survey of all 609 registered pharmacotherapy prescribers in Victoria and Queensland; invitations to participate were sent by mail in late April 2007, and one reminder letter in late May 2007. Results: Six hundred and nine invitation letters were mailed, nine were returned to sender, and 52 questionnaires completed, making the overall response rate 52/600 = 8.7%. The response rate in Queensland was 13.2% (16/121), and in Victoria 7.5% (36/479). Conclusion(s): Despite utilising sound techniques, our response rate was much lower than those achieved in recent Australian paper-based surveys of medical practitioners. It is possible that the issue being addressed (injecting-related injuries and diseases) was not of high priority for many invitees, leading to reduced response. Implications: On-line surveys are not yet an effective method of collecting data from Australian medical practitioners; researchers should continue to use paper © 2008 The Authors. Journal Compilation © 2008 Public Health Association of Australia. | |
dc.publisher | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia | |
dc.title | A very low response rate in an on-line survey of medical practitioners | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dcterms.source.volume | 32 | |
dcterms.source.number | 3 | |
dcterms.source.startPage | 288 | |
dcterms.source.endPage | 289 | |
dcterms.source.issn | 1326-0200 | |
dcterms.source.title | Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health | |
curtin.department | National Drug Research Institute (NDRI) | |
curtin.accessStatus | Open access via publisher |
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