Women in an infertility survey responded more by mail but preferred a choice: randomized controlled trial

Morris, Melvin L.; Edwards, Phil; Doyle, Pat; Maconochie, Noreen

doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2012.10.003

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“…In general, relatively few studies have compared participation and response rates by mail or e-mail versus in-person, face-to-face surveys or interview-based research [ 7 , 8 , 10 – 12 , 33 , 34 ]. Most such studies have compared mail with e-mail [ 8 , 10 – 12 , 34 ]; few have compared mailed surveys with in-person administration [ 7 , 14 ]. The response rates have varied depending on participants’ interest level in the topic, the perceived relevance and sensitivity of the topic, the types of questions asked [ 14 , 32 ], and the participants surveyed (professionals vs. members of the general public).…”

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“…Most such studies have compared mail with e-mail [ 8 , 10 – 12 , 34 ]; few have compared mailed surveys with in-person administration [ 7 , 14 ]. The response rates have varied depending on participants’ interest level in the topic, the perceived relevance and sensitivity of the topic, the types of questions asked [ 14 , 32 ], and the participants surveyed (professionals vs. members of the general public). Anonymity and compensation have some effect on participation in some studies [ 2 , 6 ], but not in others [ 4 , 6 , 15 ].…”

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“…Anonymity and compensation have some effect on participation in some studies [ 2 , 6 ], but not in others [ 4 , 6 , 15 ]. Compared with mailed surveys, follow-up in person is considered to be more expensive and more likely to lead to misinterpretation and biased responses; in contrast, follow-up by post is considered to be cheaper and more anonymous [ 7 , 14 ]. E-mail is faster than post [ 8 , 10 , 11 ].…”

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Patient responses to research recruitment and follow-up surveys: findings from a diverse multicultural health care setting in Qatar

Khidir

Asad

Abdelrahim

et al. 2016

BMC Med Res Methodol

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BackgroundHealth care researchers working in the Arabian Gulf need information on how to optimize recruitment and retention of study participants in extremely culturally diverse settings. Implemented in Doha, Qatar in 2012 with 4 language groups, namely Arabic, English, Hindi, and Urdu, this research documents persons’ responses to recruitment, consent, follow-up, and reminder procedures during psychometric testing of the Multicultural Assessment Instrument (MAI), a novel self- or interviewer-administered survey.MethodsBilingual research assistants recruited adults in outpatient clinics by approaching persons in particular who appeared to be from a target language group. Participants completed the MAI, a second acculturation instrument used for content-validity assessment, and a demographics questionnaire. Participants were asked to take the MAI again in 2–3 weeks, in person or by post, to assess test-retest reliability. Recruitment data were analyzed by using nonparametric statistics.ResultsOf 1503 persons approached during recruitment, 400 enrolled (27 %)—100 per language group. The enrollment rates in the language groups were: Arabic-32 %; English-33 %; Hindi-18 %; Urdu-30 %. The groups varied somewhat in their preferences regarding consent procedure, follow-up survey administration, contact mode for follow-up reminders, and disclosure of personal mailing address (for postal follow-up). Over all, telephone was the preferred medium for follow-up reminders. Of 64 persons who accepted a research assistant’s invitation for in-person follow-up, 40 participants completed the interview (follow-up rate, 63 %); among 126 persons in the postal group with a deliverable address, 29 participants mailed back a completed follow-up survey (response rate, 23 %).ConclusionsResearchers in the Arabian Gulf face challenges to successfully identify, enroll, and retain eligible study participants. Although bilingual assistants—often from the persons’ own culture—recruited face-to-face, and our questionnaire contained no health care-related content, many persons were reluctant to participate. This occurrence was observed especially at follow-up, particularly among participants who had agreed to follow-up by post.

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Abdelrahim

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BMC Med Res Methodol

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“…However, there is no quantitative data about the influence of participating alone or with the male partner in selfreporting in research on infertility. Studies have focused on the preferential mode of questionnaire completion by women in infertility surveys (Morris, Edwards, Doyle, & Maconochie, 2013), the interaction and mutual influence of both members of the couple (Donarelli et al, 2012), the heterogeneity across individuals (Weinberg & Wilcox, 2008), and the strengths and weaknesses of the use of dyadic data analysis when the participant is a couple (Peterson et al, 2009).…”

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Self-reported psychosocial factors among in vitro fertilization patients interviewed alone or with the partner

Samorinha

Fraga

Alves

et al. 2015

Psychology, Health & Medicine

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The purpose of this study was to compare the sociodemographic and psychosocial characteristics reported by female in vitro fertilization (IVF) patients interviewed alone or with the partner in heterosexual couples. During 12 months (2011-2012), all patients undergoing IVF or intracytoplasmic sperm injection at one public reproductive medicine unit, in Portugal, were interviewed on the day of the diagnosis of pregnancy, being recruited 221 women interviewed with the partner and 92 interviewed alone. Interviewers collected data on sociodemographic and obstetric characteristics; and anxiety, depression, social support and partner relationship were collected by self-administered questionnaires. χ test was used to assess the independent association between the categorical variables and being interviewed alone or with the partner. For continuous variables, mean or median differences were compared by the t-test or the Mann-Whitney test, according to data distribution. No statistically significant differences were found in the self-reporting of depression, anxiety, social support and partner relationship or in sociodemographic and obstetric characteristics between women interviewed alone or with the partner. Although women interviewed alone were older and more frequently had children than women interviewed with the partner, no significant associations were observed. Thus, having a male partner present in the research setting during a self-administered questionnaire seems not to influence women's responses to psychosocial measures. Other outcomes and settings need to be evaluated to support evidence-based guidelines for research on infertility.

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“…Is the belief among respondents that the HPV vaccine was not needed the unique most probable reason for lack of interest in the HPV vaccine? Response to questionnaire-based infertility studies varies, and Morris et al (2013) noted that different modes of contact can affect response. Results of their study indicated that 59% of the women surveyed preferred a mailed questionnaire, 37% chose an online questionnaire, and only 3% selected a telephone interview as their mode of contact.…”

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A Command for Significance and Power to Test for the Existence of a Unique Most Probable Category

Fellman

Ensor

2014

The Stata Journal: Promoting communications on statistics and S

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The analysis of multinomial data often includes the following question of interest: Is a particular category the most populous (that is, does it have the largest probability)? Berry (2001, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference 99: 175-182) developed a likelihood-ratio test for assessing the evidence for the existence of a unique most probable category. Nettleton (2009, Journal of the American Statistical Association 104: 1052-1059) developed a likelihood-ratio test for testing whether a particular category was most probable, showed that the test was an example of an intersection-union test, and proposed other intersection-union tests for testing whether a particular category was most probable. He extended his likelihood-ratio test to the existence of a unique most probable category and showed that his test was equivalent to the test developed by Berry (2001, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference 99: 175-182). Nettleton (2009, Journal of the American Statistical Association 104: 1052-1059) showed that the likelihood ratio for identifying a unique most probable cell could be viewed as a union-intersection test. The purpose of this article is to survey different methods and present a command, cellsupremacy, for the analysis of multinomial data as it pertains to identifying the significantly most probable category; the article also presents a command for sample-size calculations and power analyses, power cellsupremacy, that is useful for planning multinomial data studies.

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Women in an infertility survey responded more by mail but preferred a choice: randomized controlled trial

Abstract: Online surveys are a viable alternative to mailed questionnaires but were not as popular as mail in this study population. Response can possibly be increased by offering women a choice of response modes.

Cited by 8 publications

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Patient responses to research recruitment and follow-up surveys: findings from a diverse multicultural health care setting in Qatar

Patient responses to research recruitment and follow-up surveys: findings from a diverse multicultural health care setting in Qatar

Self-reported psychosocial factors among in vitro fertilization patients interviewed alone or with the partner

A Command for Significance and Power to Test for the Existence of a Unique Most Probable Category

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