Gray, L. (2016) The importance of post-hoc approaches for overcoming non-response and attrition bias in population-sampled studies. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 51(1), pp. 155-157. (doi: 10.1007/s00127-015-1153-8) (PMID:26615409) (PMCID:PMC4720721)
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Abstract
Population-based health studies are critical resources for monitoring population health and related factors such as substance use, but reliable inference can be compromised in various ways. Non-response and attrition are major methodological problems which reduce power and can hamper the generalizability of findings if individuals who participate and who remain in a study differ systematically from those who do not. In this issue of SPPE, McCabe et al. studied participants of the 2001-2002 National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions, comparing attrition in Wave 2 across participants with different patterns of substance use at Wave 1. The implications of differential follow-up and further possibilities for addressing selective participation are discussed.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Gray, Dr Linsay |
| Authors: | Gray, L. |
| College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Health & Wellbeing > MRC/CSO SPHSU |
| Journal Name: | Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology |
| Publisher: | Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
| ISSN: | 0933-7954 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1433-9285 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2015 The Authors |
| First Published: | First published in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 51(1):155-157 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons License |
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