Prenotification but not envelope teaser increased response rates in a bulimia nervosa mental health literacy survey: A randomized controlled trial.

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Understanding attitudes to mental health issues can inform public health interventions. However, low response rates may contribute to nonresponse bias. In a randomized controlled trial we examined the effect of sending a prenotification postcard before the questionnaire and the placement of a short message on the survey envelope (teaser) on response rates to a mailed questionnaire about bulimia nervosa "mental health literacy".

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): J Clin Epidemiol

Title: Journal of clinical epidemiology

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1878-5921

ISSN (Print): 0895-4356

Publication date (Electronic): Aug 2014

Volume: 67

Issue: 8

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[1 ] School of Psychological Science, La Trobe University, Kingsbury Drive, Melbourne, VIC 3086, Australia. Electronic address: s.mclean@latrobe.edu.au.

[2 ] School of Psychological Science, La Trobe University, Kingsbury Drive, Melbourne, VIC 3086, Australia.

[3 ] Research School of Psychology, The Australian National University, Barry Drive, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia; Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health, University of Newcastle, University Drive, Orange, NSW 2308, Australia.

[4 ] Australian Demographic & Social Research Institute, The Australian National University, Barry Drive, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.

[5 ] Centre for Health Research, School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, Narellan Road, Sydney, NSW 2751, Australia; School of Medicine, James Cook University, 1 James Cook Drive, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia.

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Publisher Item ID: S0895-4356(13)00444-7

DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2013.10.013

PubMed ID: 24411313

SO-VID: f66c46d5-0e54-4fb6-94bf-ba873c208c6f

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Keywords: Bulimia nervosa,Demographic groups,Nonresponse bias,Prenotification,Questionnaire response rates,Teaser

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Keywords: Bulimia nervosa, Demographic groups, Nonresponse bias, Prenotification, Questionnaire response rates, Teaser

Prenotification but not envelope teaser increased response rates in a bulimia nervosa mental health literacy survey: A randomized controlled trial.

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