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European Journal of Epidemiology
Published in: European Journal of Epidemiology 6/2007

01-06-2007 | Letter to the Editor

Mobile phone follow-up of subjects included in a prospective cohort study: unexpected difficulties

Authors: Isabelle Pitrou, Luc Dauchet, Laurent Bailly, Sophie El Koubi, Marie-Pierre Tavolacci, Joël Ladner

Published in: European Journal of Epidemiology | Issue 6/2007

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Excerpt

Telephone follow-up is a valid method to follow participants enrolled in epidemiological studies and surveys. Enhancement of participation, retaining and tracking participants are challenges in prospective follow-up. Elevated loss to follow-up rate has an impact on sample size, internal validity with introduction of selection bias [1‐3]. Telephone follow-up is a simple, rapid and effective method to achieve large samples. Previous studies have shown that this approach was associated with better response rates than postal or e-mail method [4]. The study attempted to identify follow-up difficulties in a prospective cohort study. …
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Metadata
Title
Mobile phone follow-up of subjects included in a prospective cohort study: unexpected difficulties
Authors
Isabelle Pitrou
Luc Dauchet
Laurent Bailly
Sophie El Koubi
Marie-Pierre Tavolacci
Joël Ladner
Publication date
01-06-2007
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers
Published in
European Journal of Epidemiology / Issue 6/2007
Print ISSN: 0393-2990
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7284
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-007-9130-5

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