Journal article
Race- and Ethnicity-specific Characteristics of Participants Lost to Follow-up in a Telephone Cohort
American journal of epidemiology, Vol.140(2), pp.161-171
07/15/1994
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a117226
PMID: 8023804
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to describe race- and ethnicity-specific characteristics of subjects lost to follow-up. For a study of community-based health interventions, adult subjects from 11 US communities were initially recruited by random digit dialing and interviewed by telephone in 1988; 2 years later, they were recontacted, and the same survey was administered a second time. Associations with loss to follow-up were assessed in separate models for whites, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Asian Americans. After 2 years, 40.8% of the 5,851 participants were lost to follow-up; cohort attrition was highest among African Americans (51.3%) and lowest among whites (37.5%). Age, aspects of employment, education, marital status, and income were significant independent predictors of loss to follow-up for one or more of the four racial and ethnic groups. Characteristics of subjects lost to follow-up in this telephone cohort differed among various racial and ethnic groups. After adjustment for demographic, socioeconomic, and health status variables, the important behavioral predictors of loss to follow-up were current smoking for whites (p < 0.05), having a high fat diet for African Americans (p < 0.10), consuming one or more alcoholic drinks per day for Hispanic Americans (p <0.10), and high levels of physical activity for Asian Americans (p <0.05).
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Race- and Ethnicity-specific Characteristics of Participants Lost to Follow-up in a Telephone Cohort
- Creators
- Bruce M. Psaty - University of WashingtonAllen Cheadle - Department of Health ServicesThomas D. Koepsell - University of WashingtonPaula Diehr - Department of Health ServicesThomas Wickizer - Department of Health ServicesSusan Curry - Group Health CooperativeMichael VonKorff - Group Health CooperativeEdward B. Perrin - Department of Health ServicesDavid C. Pearson - University of WashingtonEdward H. Wagner - Group Health Cooperative
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- American journal of epidemiology, Vol.140(2), pp.161-171
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- DOI
- 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a117226
- PMID
- 8023804
- ISSN
- 0002-9262
- eISSN
- 1476-6256
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/15/1994
- Academic Unit
- Health Management and Policy; Community and Behavioral Health
- Record Identifier
- 9984366365302771
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