title: [The significance of a reminder and physician's motivation for the response rate of a questionnaire survey in general practice].
abstract: The use of a mailed reminder to improve the response rate in a questionnaire survey was analysed in a general practice multicentre survey in Denmark, Norway, and the Netherlands. In total 14 general practitioners (GP's) handed out the questionnaire to 650 adult patients. A randomized sample of the patients who did not respond after three weeks received a reminder including a new questionnaire. In the group that received a reminder the response rate was significantly higher compared with the group that did not (79% vs. 62%). In Denmark, two of the four participating GP's were specially motivated. The response rate for these GP's was significantly higher compared to the normally motivated GP's (91% vs. 71%). Specially motivated GP's can increase the response rate and thereby minimise the effect of the reminder.
authors.affiliation: Aarhus Universitet, Forskningsenhed og Institut for Almen Medicin. pv@alm.au.dk
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vedsted
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mainz
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Olesen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003718:Denmark; D005194:Family Practice / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017060:Patient Satisfaction / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010819:Physician's Role; D017010:Reminder Systems; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
vernacular_title: Betydning af påmindelser og laegens engagement ved en spørgeskemaundersøgelse i almen praksis.