Motivations for (non)participation in population-based health studies among the elderly – comparison of participants and nonparticipants of a prospective study on influenza vaccination

Motivations for (non)participation in population-based health studies among the elderly – comparison of participants and nonparticipants of a prospective study on influenza vaccination

Abstract Background Participation in epidemiological studies has strongly declined in recent years. We examined the reasons for (non)participation in population-based health studies among participants and nonparticipants of a prospective study on influenza vaccination among the elderly. Methods Male...

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Main Authors: Manas K. Akmatov, Leonhard Jentsch, Peggy Riese, Marcus May, Malik W. Ahmed, Damaris Werner, Anja Rösel, Jana Prokein, Inga Bernemann, Norman Klopp, Blair Prochnow, Thomas Illig, Christoph Schindler, Carlos A. Guzman, Frank Pessler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-02-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Subjects:
Participation
Nonparticipants
Reasons
Motivations
Population-based study
Elderly
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12874-017-0302-z

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