scholarly journals Effects of different invitation strategies on participation in a cohort study of Iranian public sector employees: a cluster randomized trial

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rezvan Rajabzadeh ◽  
Leila Janani ◽  
Seyed Abbas Motevalian
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Participation Rate ◽  
Phone Call ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Invitation Letter ◽  
Public Sector Employees ◽  
Logistic Mixed Effects Model ◽  
Cluster Randomized

Abstract Background Identifying strategies to optimize participation in health studies is one of the major concerns for researchers. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of different invitation strategies on participation rate in the Employees’ Health Cohort Study of Iran (EHCSIR). Methods Two cluster-randomized trials were carried out to assess the outcomes of different invitation strategies. In the first phase, 7 units with 1880 employees (3 hospitals, 3 health centers, and 1 office) were assigned to the three parallel modes of invitation: 1) invitation letter, 2) phone call and 3) Short Message Service (SMS). In the second phase, 6 hospitals with 1633 employees were allocated to two invitation methods: 1) invitation letter, 2) invitation letter plus EHCSIR project introduction video. All groups were followed up by phone calls. A logistic mixed-effects model was used to compare the effectiveness of the strategies. The cost-effectiveness of the interventions was also compared. Results In the first phase, the participation rates in the invitation letter, phone call, and SMS groups were 27.04% (182/673), 21.55% (131/608), and 22.54% (135/599), respectively. Using an invitation letter was significantly more successful than SMS (Adjusted Odds Ratio = 1.80, 95% CI =1.14 to 2.85). Average Cost-Effectiveness Ratios (ACER) were $1.37, $1.42, and $1.55 for the invitation letter, phone call, and SMS, respectively. In the second phase, adding a project introduction video to the invitation letter did not significantly influence the participation rate (Adjusted OR = 0.58, 95% CI =0.24 to 1.36). The ACER was $1.21 for the invitation letter only and $2.01 for the invitation letter plus the introduction video. Conclusions In comparison with the phone call and SMS, the invitation letter is the most effective invitation method for public sector employees to participate in a cohort study. Sending an introduction video did not significantly increase the participation rate compared to sending an invitation letter only.

scholarly journals Obesity and Occupational Injury: A Prospective Cohort Study of 69,515 Public Sector Employees

PLoS ONE ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. e77178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Kouvonen ◽  
Mika Kivimäki ◽  
Tuula Oksanen ◽  
Jaana Pentti ◽  
Roberto De Vogli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Prospective Cohort Study ◽  
Prospective Cohort ◽  
Occupational Injury ◽  
Public Sector Employees

scholarly journals Work Time Control and Sleep Disturbances: Prospective Cohort Study of Finnish Public Sector Employees

SLEEP ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 37 (7) ◽  
pp. 1217-1225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula Salo ◽  
Leena Ala-Mursula ◽  
Naja Hulvej Rod ◽  
Philip Tucker ◽  
Jaana Pentti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Prospective Cohort Study ◽  
Prospective Cohort ◽  
Sleep Disturbances ◽  
Work Time ◽  
Time Control ◽  
Public Sector Employees

scholarly journals Workplace Social Capital and All-Cause Mortality: A Prospective Cohort Study of 28 043 Public-Sector Employees in Finland

2011 ◽  
Vol 101 (9) ◽  
pp. 1742-1748 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tuula Oksanen ◽  
Mika Kivimäki ◽  
Ichiro Kawachi ◽  
S. V. Subramanian ◽  
Soshi Takao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Cohort Study ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Prospective Cohort Study ◽  
Prospective Cohort ◽  
Public Sector Employees ◽  
All Cause Mortality ◽  
Workplace Social Capital

MOTİVASYON ARAÇLARININ ÖRGÜTSEL BAĞLILIK ÜZERİNDEKİ ETKİSİ: KAMU KURUMLARINDAKİ X VE Y KUŞAĞI KARŞILAŞTIRMASI

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gökhan Kerse
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Affective Commitment ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Public Sector Employees ◽  
Context Data ◽  
Gathering Data

The main purpose of this study is to explore the effects of the motivational tools (intrinsic and extrinsic) on the organizational commitment (normative, continuance and affective commitment). In the study were also compared caring levels to motivation tools of X generation and Y generation and levels to their organizational commitment. In this context, data were collected through survey method from171 public sector employees. Gathering data were analysed by using SPSS. The main finding showed that there is effects the motivational tools on organizational commitment.

An Association between Working Schedules and Depression in Public Sector Employees

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 347 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyeon-Taek Heo ◽  
Dong-Won Kim ◽  
Jong-Seok Lee ◽  
Hyeon-A Jo ◽  
Seong-Sil Jang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Sector Employees

Motivations of Federal Workers to Volunteer In Public Sector Special Events

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-46
Author(s):  
Keon Artis ◽  
Seung Hyun Lee
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Event Management ◽  
Theoretical Contribution ◽  
The Public ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Special Event ◽  
Special Events ◽  
Public Sector Employees ◽  
Government Workers

Volunteers are considered a core component of special events and they have proved to be an asset to the execution of special events. Although motivations of volunteers have received a great deal of attention from many organizations and individuals in the private sector, little research has been done on motivations of volunteers in the public sector, or within the federal government. Therefore, this article identified motivational factors that prompt federal government workers to volunteer at a government-related special event. A survey was used to gather data from a volunteer sample of 263 individuals who had volunteered for public sector special events in recent years. Exploratory factor analysis and t test were employed to establish motivations that stimulate public sector employees to volunteer for special events and further determine the differences in motivation between females and males. The results showed that government workers mostly volunteer for purposive motive and external motive. In addition, gender played significant roles on egotistic and purposive motives. Thus, this research provides a unique theoretical contribution to research in event management by advancing our understanding of the process by which factors associated with motivation can lead to federal government workers volunteering at a government-related special event; subsequently, impacting how event planners and organizers of public sector special events market to and recruit volunteers.

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