Historique
Périodique
Difficult-to-recruit respondents and their effect on prevalence estimates in an epidemiologic survey
(Les personnes difficiles à recruter lors d'une étude et leurs effets sur les estimations de prévalence dans une enquête épidémiologique)
Auteur(s) :
COTTLER, L. B. ;
ZIPP J. F. ;
ROBINS, L. N. ;
SPITZNAGEL, E. L.
Année
1987
Page(s) :
329-339
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
52
Domaine :
Plusieurs produits / Several products
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
POPULATION CACHEE
;
EPIDEMIOLOGIE ANALYTIQUE
;
ENQUETE
;
METHODE
;
PSYCHIATRIE
;
DIAGNOSTIC
;
ALCOOL
;
DEPENDANCE
;
INTERVIEW
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Note générale :
American Journal of Epidemiology, 1987, 125, (2), 329-339
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
Generous contact efforts were used to recruit 3,004 respondents into the first wave of the St. Louis Epidemiologic Catchment Area (ECA) project, a psychiatric epidemiologic study of the general population, conducted from 1981-1982. These efforts were analyzed to establish which sociodemographic characteristics or current psychiatric disorders were determinants of difficulty in recruitment. Being young, male, black, a nonrural resident, educated, and full-time employed were the demographic characteristics associated with increased contact efforts. Persons currently meeting criteria for an alcohol disorder required almost 20% more contact attempts than those without the disorder; this difficulty lay both in their being less available for an initial contact and refusing at a higher rate once contacted. An optimal recruitment effort cutoff point is provided, and a method is suggested for detecting that optimal point in the course of ongoing studies. (Review' s abstract)
Affiliation :
Dpt of Psychiatry, Washington Univ. School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.
Cote :
A01795