Diverse recruitment strategies result in different participation percentages in a web-based study, but in similar compliance

Manas Akmatov (), Nicole Rübsamen, Anja Schultze, Yvonne Kemmling, Nadia Obi, Kathrin Günther, Wolfgang Ahrens, Frank Pessler, Gérard Krause and Rafael Mikolajczyk

International Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 60, issue 8, 937-943

Abstract: Participation differed among modes of recruitment, but compliance was similar among groups and notably high. Different recruitment approaches can be used and collected data can be combined to achieve greater sample sizes for longitudinal web-based studies. Copyright Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+) 2015

Keywords: Response; Compliance; Recruitment strategies; Longitudinal study; Non-responders; Population-based study; Second-stage non-response; Web-based study; German National Cohort (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/s00038-015-0737-0

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