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2016-01-19Zeitschriftenartikel DOI: 10.1186/s12877-016-0185-6
Baseline participation in a health examination survey of the population 65 years and older: who is missed and why?
dc.contributor.authorGaertner, Beate
dc.contributor.authorSeitz, Ina
dc.contributor.authorFuchs, Judith
dc.contributor.authorBusch, Markus
dc.contributor.authorHolzhausen, Martin
dc.contributor.authorMartus, Peter
dc.contributor.authorScheidt-Nave, Christa
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-07T18:48:21Z
dc.date.available2018-05-07T18:48:21Z
dc.date.created2016-01-21
dc.date.issued2016-01-19none
dc.identifier.otherhttp://edoc.rki.de/oa/articles/reAGlK5HU6tM6/PDF/234yAle5amrus.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://edoc.rki.de/176904/2243
dc.description.abstractBackground: Public health monitoring depends on valid health and disability estimates in the population 65+ years. This is hampered by high non-participation rates in this age group. There is limited insight into size and direction of potential baseline selection bias. Methods: We analyzed baseline non-participation in a register-based random sample of 1481 inner-city residents 65+ years, invited to a health examination survey according to demographics available for the entire sample, self-report information as available and reasons for non-participation. One year after recruitment, non-responders were revisited to assess their reasons. Results: Five groups defined by participation status were differentiated: participants (N = 299), persons who had died or moved (N = 173), those who declined participation, but answered a short questionnaire (N = 384), those who declined participation and the short questionnaire (N = 324), and non-responders (N = 301). The results confirm substantial baseline selection bias with significant underrepresentation of persons 85+ years, persons in residential care or from disadvantaged neighborhoods, with lower education, foreign citizenship, or lower health-related quality of life. Finally, reasons for non-participation could be identified for 78 % of all non-participants, including 183 non-responders. Conclusion: A diversity in health problems and barriers to participation exists among non-participants. Innovative study designs are needed for public health monitoring in aging populations.eng
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRobert Koch-Institut, Epidemiologie und Gesundheitsberichterstattung
dc.subjectAging populationeng
dc.subjectNon-participationeng
dc.subjectPublic health monitoringeng
dc.subjectReasons for non-participationeng
dc.subjectRegister-based populationeng
dc.subjectSelection biaseng
dc.subject.ddc610 Medizin
dc.titleBaseline participation in a health examination survey of the population 65 years and older: who is missed and why?
dc.typeperiodicalPart
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:0257-10042757
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12877-016-0185-6
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25646/2168
local.edoc.container-titleBMC Geriatrics
local.edoc.fp-subtypeArtikel
local.edoc.type-nameZeitschriftenartikel
local.edoc.container-typeperiodical
local.edoc.container-type-nameZeitschrift
local.edoc.container-urlhttp://bmcgeriatr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12877-016-0185-6
local.edoc.container-publisher-nameBioMedCentral
local.edoc.container-volume16
local.edoc.container-issue21
local.edoc.container-year2016

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