The impact of phone calls on follow-up rates in an online depression prevention study

Background: Automated Internet intervention studies have generally had large dropout rates for follow-up assessments. Live phone follow-ups have been often used to increase follow-up completion rates. Objective: To compare, via a randomized study, whether receiving phone calls improves follow-up rat...

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Main Authors: R.F. Muñoz, Y. Leykin, A.Z. Barrera, C.H. Brown, E.L. Bunge
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-06-01
Series:Internet Interventions
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214782916300653