Non-participation in a health examination survey in a rural-provincial area of Denmark – results from the Lolland-Falster Health Study (LOFUS): results from the Lolland-Falster Health Study (LOFUS)
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| Název: | Non-participation in a health examination survey in a rural-provincial area of Denmark – results from the Lolland-Falster Health Study (LOFUS): results from the Lolland-Falster Health Study (LOFUS) |
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| Autoři: | LYNGSØE, SIGNE, LOPHAVEN, SØREN, JEPSEN, RANDI, HOLMAGER, THERESE, JANSSENS, ASTRID, LYNGE, ELSEBETH |
| Zdroj: | Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 52(8):951-959 |
| Informace o vydavateli: | SAGE Publications, 2023. |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
| Témata: | Lolland-Falster Health Study, Male, Adult, cohort profile, residency status, representativeness, Adolescent, Denmark, domestic in-migration, Middle Aged, Non-participation, Health Surveys, Refusal to Participate/statistics & numerical data, Young Adult, Humans, Female, Rural Population/statistics & numerical data, Aged |
| Popis: | Background: Lolland-Falster Health Study (LOFUS) was a health examination survey that included self-administered questionnaires, clinical examinations, and the collection of biological samples, undertaken in 2016–2020 in a rural, socioeconomically deprived area with the lowest life expectancy in Denmark. The aim of this study was to examine the determinants of non-participation in LOFUS to evaluate the extent to which LOFUS data reflected the general population of the area. Methods: LOFUS invited randomly selected subjects together with their entire household. As determinants of non-participation, we analyzed age, sex, municipality of residency, citizenship, residency status, socioeconomic status, invitation type, and year of invitation. Relative risk regression was used to estimate the association between determinants and non-participation rate, mutually adjusted for other determinants. Results: In total, 53,313 subjects were invited of whom 18,949 (36%) participated. In the multivariable analysis, men had a 3% higher non-participation rate than women; subjects with citizenship other than Danish had a 3% higher non-participation rate than Danes. In-migrants had 6% higher non-participation than long-term residents. Compared with self-supported subjects aged 30–64, both publicly supported subjects of this age and younger and older subjects had higher non-participation rates: 16%, 16%, and 13%, respectively. Compared with self-supported, long-term residents, publicly supported in-migrants had 23% higher non-participation. Conclusions: Only about one third of subjects invited to LOFUS participated. Yet, this is a relatively high participation rate compared with other recent health examination surveys in Denmark. Furthermore, there was a relatively flat social gradient in the non-participation rate across the studied determinants. |
| Druh dokumentu: | Article |
| Jazyk: | English |
| ISSN: | 1651-1905 1403-4948 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/14034948231206879 |
| Přístupová URL adresa: | https://portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/da/publications/6c5734d5-01cc-420d-bd18-87cb8c694b77 |
| Rights: | CC BY NC |
| Přístupové číslo: | edsair.od......3062..1a3371bd23f84a30c0fea293e3c492aa |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstrakt: | Background: Lolland-Falster Health Study (LOFUS) was a health examination survey that included self-administered questionnaires, clinical examinations, and the collection of biological samples, undertaken in 2016–2020 in a rural, socioeconomically deprived area with the lowest life expectancy in Denmark. The aim of this study was to examine the determinants of non-participation in LOFUS to evaluate the extent to which LOFUS data reflected the general population of the area. Methods: LOFUS invited randomly selected subjects together with their entire household. As determinants of non-participation, we analyzed age, sex, municipality of residency, citizenship, residency status, socioeconomic status, invitation type, and year of invitation. Relative risk regression was used to estimate the association between determinants and non-participation rate, mutually adjusted for other determinants. Results: In total, 53,313 subjects were invited of whom 18,949 (36%) participated. In the multivariable analysis, men had a 3% higher non-participation rate than women; subjects with citizenship other than Danish had a 3% higher non-participation rate than Danes. In-migrants had 6% higher non-participation than long-term residents. Compared with self-supported subjects aged 30–64, both publicly supported subjects of this age and younger and older subjects had higher non-participation rates: 16%, 16%, and 13%, respectively. Compared with self-supported, long-term residents, publicly supported in-migrants had 23% higher non-participation. Conclusions: Only about one third of subjects invited to LOFUS participated. Yet, this is a relatively high participation rate compared with other recent health examination surveys in Denmark. Furthermore, there was a relatively flat social gradient in the non-participation rate across the studied determinants. |
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| ISSN: | 16511905 14034948 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/14034948231206879 |