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Sample selection, recruitment and participation rates in health examination surveys in Europe--experience from seven national surveys

Mindell JS 1 , Giampaoli S 2 , Goesswald A 3 , Kamtsiuris P 4 , Mann C 5 , Männistö S 6 Show all authors , Morgan K 7 , Shelton NJ 8 , Verschuren WM 9 , Tolonen H 10 , HES Response Rate Group

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  • 1 Research Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, UCL, 1-19 Torrington Place, London, WC1E 6BT, UK. j.mindell@ucl.ac.uk
  • 2 Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena n. 299, Rome, Italy. simona.giampaoli@iss.it
  • 3 Department 2 Epidemiology and Health Monitoring Division 25, Robert Koch Institute, Examination surveys and Cohort studies, General-Pape-Str. 62-66, Berlin, 12101, Germany. goesswalda@rki.de
  • 4 Department 2 Epidemiology and Health Monitoring Division 25, Robert Koch Institute, Examination surveys and Cohort studies, General-Pape-Str. 62-66, Berlin, 12101, Germany. kamtsiurisp@rki.de
  • 5 Research Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, UCL, 1-19 Torrington Place, London, WC1E 6BT, UK. charlottemann@hotmail.com
  • 6 Department of Health, National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), P.O. Box 30, Helsinki, FI-00271, Finland. satu.mannisto@thl.fi
  • 7 Department of Psychology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. kmorgan@rcsi.ie
  • 8 Research Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, UCL, 1-19 Torrington Place, London, WC1E 6BT, UK. n.shelton@ucl.ac.uk
  • 9 Department Chronic Diseases Determinants, Center for Nutrition, Prevention and Health Services, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, P.O. Box 1, Bilthoven, 3720 BA, The Netherlands. monique.verschuren@rivm.nl
  • 10 Department of Health, National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), P.O. Box 30, Helsinki, FI-00271, Finland. hanna.tolonen@thl.fi
BMC Med Res Methodol, 2015;15:78.
PMID: 26438235 DOI: 10.1186/s12874-015-0072-4

Abstract

Health examination surveys (HESs), carried out in Europe since the 1950's, provide valuable information about the general population's health for health monitoring, policy making, and research. Survey participation rates, important for representativeness, have been falling. International comparisons are hampered by differing exclusion criteria and definitions for non-response.

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