Tracking and attrition in longitudinal school-based smoking prevention research

Pirie, Phyllis L.; Thomson, S J; Mann, Sue; Peterson, Arthur V.; Murray, David M.; Flay, Brian R.; Best, J. Allan

doi:10.1016/0091-7435(89)90072-8

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“…Many studies employ credit agencies to find lost participants, where the full name of the subject and social security number is helpful for a successful search [5,6,10]. State and local vital records offices, departments of motor vehicles, and the National Death Index can also be used in tracing efforts [6,[10][11][12][13]. For these public records, a complete name and date of birth usually are necessary to successfully locate a person.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…For these public records, a complete name and date of birth usually are necessary to successfully locate a person. Postal services can be used to locate participants by means of certified letters, mail forwarding, and address correction, but these methods are effective only when the previous address is known and the subject has moved recently [12][13][14].…”

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Characteristics of childhood cancer survivors predicted their successful tracing

Mertens

Walls

Taylor

et al. 2004

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

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Characteristics of childhood cancer survivors predicted their successful tracing

Mertens

Walls

Taylor

et al. 2004

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

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“…To maximize retention, a comprehensive tracking system and follow-up procedure was applied to all members of the HSPP cohort. Standard tracking strategies and methods were applied meticulously (Call, Otto, & Spenner, 1982;Pirie et al, 1989).…”

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Parental smoking cessation and children's smoking: Mediation by antismoking actions

Bricker

Andersen

Rajan

et al. 2005

Nicotine & Tobacco Research

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The present study investigated whether parents' antismoking actions mediated the prospective relationship between parental smoking cessation and children's smoking. Smoking status of parents (predictor) was assessed when their children were in 3rd grade, parental antismoking actions (mediators) were assessed when their children were in 11th grade, and children's smoking status (outcome) was assessed when they were in 12th grade. In 20 Washington state school districts, data were collected from 1,600 children (49% female, 91% White) and from their parents. Results showed that children's odds of daily smoking were reduced by 39% (95% CI = 24%-51%) for those whose parents had quit smoking, compared with those whose parents were current smokers. Asking to sit in nonsmoking sections of public establishments was a significant (p<.01) mediator that explained 64% of the association between parental smoking cessation and children's smoking. However, not allowing smoking in the home and asking others not to smoke around them were not significant mediators (p = .10, and p = .06, respectively). In conclusion, asking to sit in a nonsmoking section of a public establishment substantially mediates the relationship between parental smoking cessation and children's smoking.

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“…In a study such as TAAG, efforts to obtain a complete set of measurements on the girls assigned to each treatment condition would require considerable resources, as it is expensive to track and measure students who have left a school. Furthermore, despite extraordinary efforts, ascertainment of measurements in every girl in the cohort is unlikely [20].…”

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Design of the Trial of Activity in Adolescent Girls (TAAG)

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Murray²,

Catellier³

et al. 2005

Contemporary Clinical Trials

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The primary aim of the Trial of Activity in Adolescent Girls (TAAG) is to test an intervention to reduce by half the age-related decline in moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) in middle school girls. The intervention will be evaluated using a group-randomized trial involving 36 middle schools. The primary endpoint is the mean difference in intensity-weighted minutes (i.e., METminutes) of MVPA between intervention and comparison schools assessed using accelerometry.The TAAG study design calls for two cross-sectional samples, one drawn from 6th graders at the beginning of the study and the second drawn from 8th graders at the end of the study following the 2-year implementation of the intervention. An important strength of this design over a cohort design is the consistency with the goals of TAAG, which focus on environmental-level rather than individual-level interventions to produce change. The study design specifies a recruitment rate of 80% and a smaller sample of girls at baseline (n=48 per school) than at follow-up (n=96 per school).A two-stage model will be used to test the primary hypothesis. In the first stage, MET-weighted minutes of MVPA will be regressed on school, time (baseline or follow-up), their interaction, ethnicity and week of data collection. The second stage analysis will be conducted on the 72 adjusted means from the first stage. In the main-effects model, we will regress the follow-up school mean MET-weighted minutes of MVPA on study condition, adjusting for the baseline school mean.The TAAG study addresses an important health behavior, and also advances the field of grouprandomized trials through the use of a study design and analysis plan tailored to serve the main study hypothesis.

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Tracking and attrition in longitudinal school-based smoking prevention research

Cited by 55 publications

References 15 publications

Characteristics of childhood cancer survivors predicted their successful tracing

Characteristics of childhood cancer survivors predicted their successful tracing

Parental smoking cessation and children's smoking: Mediation by antismoking actions

Design of the Trial of Activity in Adolescent Girls (TAAG)

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