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No evidence of response bias in a population-based childhood cancer survivor questionnaire survey — Results from the Swiss Childhood Cancer Survivor Study

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  • Corina S Rueegg
  • Micòl E Gianinazzi
  • Gisela Michel
  • Marcel Zwahlen
  • Nicolas X von der Weid
  • Claudia E Kuehni
  • and the Swiss Paediatric Oncology Group (SPOG)

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Purpose: This is the first study to quantify potential nonresponse bias in a childhood cancer survivor questionnaire survey. We describe early and late responders and nonresponders, and estimate nonresponse bias in a nationwide questionnaire survey of survivors. Methods: In the Swiss Childhood Cancer Survivor Study, we compared characteristics of early responders (who answered an initial questionnaire), late responders (who answered after ≥1 reminder) and nonresponders. Sociodemographic and cancer-related information was available for the whole population from the Swiss Childhood Cancer Registry. We compared observed prevalence of typical outcomes in responders to the expected prevalence in a complete (100% response) representative population we constructed in order to estimate the effect of nonresponse bias. We constructed the complete population using inverse probability of participation weights. Results: Of 2328 survivors, 930 returned the initial questionnaire (40%); 671 returned the questionnaire after ≥1reminder (29%). Compared to early and late responders, we found that the 727 nonresponders (31%) were more likely male, aged

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  • Corina S Rueegg & Micòl E Gianinazzi & Gisela Michel & Marcel Zwahlen & Nicolas X von der Weid & Claudia E Kuehni & and the Swiss Paediatric Oncology Group (SPOG), 2017. "No evidence of response bias in a population-based childhood cancer survivor questionnaire survey — Results from the Swiss Childhood Cancer Survivor Study," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(5), pages 1-15, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0176442
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176442
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