Maximising nurses' and midwives' response rates to surveys
Background: Low response rates to surveys have been a long-standing issue in research. This includes research involving nurses and midwives. To gain representative samples, appropriate measures to maximise response rates need to be used. Aim: To explore ways to maximise response rates from nurses an...
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| description | Background: Low response rates to surveys have been a long-standing issue in research. This includes research involving nurses and midwives. To gain representative samples, appropriate measures to maximise response rates need to be used. Aim: To explore ways to maximise response rates from nurses and midwives, using a hospital-wide survey as an example. Discussion: All nurses and midwives at the study hospital were invited to participate in a survey. To encourage participation and elicit an adequate response rate, several strategies were used. A total of 1,000 surveys were distributed and 319 (32%) were returned. All the required age groups, levels of experience and types of nursing registration were represented in the responses and data saturation was achieved. Conclusion: It is important to pay attention to obtaining a representative sample. Further investigation of response rates to surveys by nurses and midwives is warranted. Implications for practice Strategies to maximise response rates from a target population should be used when conducting surveys. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-698442019-01-29T06:12:41Z Maximising nurses' and midwives' response rates to surveys Cooper, A. Brown, Janie Background: Low response rates to surveys have been a long-standing issue in research. This includes research involving nurses and midwives. To gain representative samples, appropriate measures to maximise response rates need to be used. Aim: To explore ways to maximise response rates from nurses and midwives, using a hospital-wide survey as an example. Discussion: All nurses and midwives at the study hospital were invited to participate in a survey. To encourage participation and elicit an adequate response rate, several strategies were used. A total of 1,000 surveys were distributed and 319 (32%) were returned. All the required age groups, levels of experience and types of nursing registration were represented in the responses and data saturation was achieved. Conclusion: It is important to pay attention to obtaining a representative sample. Further investigation of response rates to surveys by nurses and midwives is warranted. Implications for practice Strategies to maximise response rates from a target population should be used when conducting surveys. 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/69844 10.7748/nr.2017.e1494 RCN Publishing Company restricted |
| spellingShingle | Cooper, A. Brown, Janie Maximising nurses' and midwives' response rates to surveys |
| title | Maximising nurses' and midwives' response rates to surveys |
| title_full | Maximising nurses' and midwives' response rates to surveys |
| title_fullStr | Maximising nurses' and midwives' response rates to surveys |
| title_full_unstemmed | Maximising nurses' and midwives' response rates to surveys |
| title_short | Maximising nurses' and midwives' response rates to surveys |
| title_sort | maximising nurses' and midwives' response rates to surveys |
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