B3334 - Shaping future data collection in ALSPAC - 28/06/2019

B number: 
B3334
Principal applicant name: 
Kate Northstone | UoB (United Kingdom)
Co-applicants: 
Dr Claire Bowring
Title of project: 
Shaping future data collection in ALSPAC
Proposal summary: 

As we go into our next funding period we are thinking about how we can collect data efficiently and to help develop the best strategy to ensure that as many participants respond to our questionnaires and attend clinics as possible. We would like to include some questions in the next questionnaire to the original study children (and ideally their parents as well) in order to help develop that strategy. We will also gather some basic sociodemographic information to determine whether there are any differences in responses. This will help us to determine whether we should target particular groups of the population in different ways. We would also like to randomise participants to receive the Q completion incentive as they do now (i.e. automatically) or opt-in (i.e. incentive is sent on request)

Impact of research: 
Will inform our own data collection strategy and add to the knowledge base around cohort studies
Date proposal received: 
Tuesday, 25 June, 2019
Date proposal approved: 
Tuesday, 25 June, 2019
Keywords: 
Epidemiology, survey methodology, Cohort studies - attrition, bias, participant engagement, ethics