Journal article
METHODS FOR DETERMINING LONG-TERM SURVIVAL IN A POPULATION BASED STUDY
American journal of epidemiology, Vol.110(6), pp.747-752
12/1979
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a112856
PMID: 555594
Abstract
A 98.8% response rate was achieved in a follow-up study of a community based health survey. The follow-up methodology used in contacting the residents of 1700 households in a surburban upper-middle class community is presented. Study subjects, who were predominantly white, older adults, participated in the original health survey during 1972 and 1973. When the follow-up study was conducted three years later to determine the vital status of study participants, 30% of the households had moved. Follow-up response to two sets of mailings totaled 76.1%. An additional 12.1% response was obtained by calling residents at their last known address. The final 10.6% of the contacted households were located by intensive telephone tracing. A wide variety of sources of information, both local and non-local, were used to locate “these hard to trace” households. They were different from all other contacted households with respect to mobility rate, household size, and death rate. A 15.5% underestimate of the three-year death rate would have occurred if the hard to trace group had not been contacted. These results emphasize the importance of complete follow-up in prospective studies.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- METHODS FOR DETERMINING LONG-TERM SURVIVAL IN A POPULATION BASED STUDY
- Creators
- MELISSA A. Austin - University of California San DiegoSUSAN Berreyesa - University of California San DiegoJENNIE LEA Elliott - University of California San DiegoROBERT B. Wallace - University of California San DiegoELIZABETH BARRETT-CONNOR - University of California San DiegoMICHAEL H. Criqui - University of California San Diego
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- American journal of epidemiology, Vol.110(6), pp.747-752
- DOI
- 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a112856
- PMID
- 555594
- NLM abbreviation
- Am J Epidemiol
- ISSN
- 0002-9262
- eISSN
- 1476-6256
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/1979
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology; Injury Prevention Research Center; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984364423102771
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