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Getting physicians to open the survey: little evidence that an envelope teaser increases response rates

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Medical Research Methodology, March 2012
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Title
Getting physicians to open the survey: little evidence that an envelope teaser increases response rates
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BMC Medical Research Methodology, March 2012
DOI 10.1186/1471-2288-12-41
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Jeanette Y Ziegenfuss, Kelly Burmeister, Katherine M James, Lindsey Haas, Jon C Tilburt, Timothy J Beebe

Abstract

Physician surveys are an important tool to assess attitudes, beliefs and self-reported behaviors of this policy relevant group. In order for a physician to respond to a mailed survey, they must first open the envelope. While there is some evidence that package elements can impact physician response rates, the impact of an envelope teaser is unknown. Here we assess this by testing the impact of adding a brightly colored "$25 incentive" sticker to the outside of an envelope on response rates and nonresponse bias in a survey of physicians.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 1 5%
Unknown 20 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 29%
Researcher 4 19%
Student > Master 3 14%
Professor > Associate Professor 2 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 1 5%
Other 1 5%
Unknown 4 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 7 33%
Social Sciences 6 29%
Psychology 1 5%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 5%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 5%
Other 1 5%
Unknown 4 19%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 June 2012.
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#14,144,226
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#1,372
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#94,757
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#17
of 38 outputs
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