Recruitment, data collection, participation rate, and representativeness of the international cross-sectional PRICOV-19 study across 38 countries
Tatsioni A, Groenewegen P, Van Poel E, Vafeidou K, Assenova R, Hoffmann K, Schaubroeck E, Stark S, Tkachenko V, Willems S (2023)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2023
Journal
Book Volume: 24
Article Number: 290
Journal Issue: Suppl 1
DOI: 10.1186/s12875-024-02438-w
Abstract
Background: Recruitment for surveys has been a great challenge, especially in general practice. Methods: Here, we reported recruitment strategies, data collection, participation rates (PR) and representativeness of the PRICOV-19 study, an international comparative, cross-sectional, online survey among general practices (GP practices) in 37 European countries and Israel. Results: Nine (24%) countries reported a published invitation; 19 (50%) had direct contact with all GPs/GP practices; 19 (50%) contacted a sample of GPs /GP practices; and 7 (18%) used another invitation strategy. The median participation rate was 22% (IQR = 10%, 28%). Multiple invitation strategies (P-value 0.93) and multiple strategies to increase PR (P-value 0.64) were not correlated with the PR. GP practices in (semi-) rural areas, GP practices serving more than 10,000 patients, and group practices were over-represented (P-value < 0.001). There was no significant correlation between the PR and strength of the primary care (PC) system [Spearman’s r 0.13, 95% CI (-0.24, 0.46); P-value 0.49]; the COVID-19 morbidity [Spearman’s r 0.19, 95% CI (-0.14, 0.49); P-value 0.24], or COVID-19 mortality [Spearman’s r 0.19, 95% CI (-0.02, 0.58); P-value 0.06] during the three months before country-specific study commencement. Conclusion: Our main contribution here was to describe the survey recruitment and representativeness of PRICOV-19, an important and novel study.
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Involved external institutions
Universiteit Gent (UGent) / Ghent University
Belgium (BE)
Shupyk National Healthcare University of Ukraine / Національний університет охорони здоров'я України імені П. Л. Шупика
Ukraine (UA)
Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research / Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek van de Gezondheidszorg (NIVEL)
Netherlands (NL)
Plovdiv Medical University / Медицински университет в Пловдив
Bulgaria (BG)
Medizinische Universität Wien
Austria (AT)
Belgium (BE)
Shupyk National Healthcare University of Ukraine / Національний університет охорони здоров'я України імені П. Л. Шупика
Ukraine (UA)
Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research / Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek van de Gezondheidszorg (NIVEL)
Netherlands (NL)
Plovdiv Medical University / Медицински университет в Пловдив
Bulgaria (BG)
Medizinische Universität Wien
Austria (AT)
How to cite
APA:
Tatsioni, A., Groenewegen, P., Van Poel, E., Vafeidou, K., Assenova, R., Hoffmann, K.,... Willems, S. (2023). Recruitment, data collection, participation rate, and representativeness of the international cross-sectional PRICOV-19 study across 38 countries. BMC Primary Care, 24(Suppl 1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-024-02438-w
MLA:
Tatsioni, Athina, et al. "Recruitment, data collection, participation rate, and representativeness of the international cross-sectional PRICOV-19 study across 38 countries." BMC Primary Care 24.Suppl 1 (2023).
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