Mail and Internet Surveys: The Tailored Design Method

2007 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter M. Chisnall
Keyword(s):  
Design Method ◽  
Internet Surveys ◽  
Tailored Design

scholarly journals A Survey of United States Tree Care Companies: Part I - Safety Training and Fatal Accidents

2010 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 224-229
Author(s):  
John Ball ◽  
Shane Vosberg
Keyword(s):  
Design Method ◽  
Relative Number ◽  
Safety Training ◽  
Accident Rate ◽  
Fatal Accidents ◽  
Field Workers ◽  
Many Sources ◽  
Tailored Design ◽  
Field Setting ◽  
Tree Care

Tree work has a high accident rate compared to many other occupations. News accounts of recent accidents can be easily accessed through the internet, though this may not provide a true picture of the number and types of accidents occurring. U.S. government bureaus and agencies have produced reports citing the number and circumstances of fatal accidents in the profession. The government’s information is obtained from many sources and may not accurately identify types or frequency of these accidents. A survey of the accidents and safety training among tree care companies was conducted using a mail questionnaire based on the Tailored Design Method. The company managers responding to the survey overwhelming identified having trained field workers as very important yet only about two-thirds of their companies conducted any training. The training most often conducted was on aerial lifts, chain saws, and chipper, which was provided by company employees in a field setting. Driver’s training was not part of a formal safety program for most of the companies. Aerial rescue was practiced by about one-fourth of the surveyed companies. The most common fatal accidents involved contact with an electrical conductor followed by being struck by a falling limb. The relative number of fatal accidents by event or exposure in this survey was similar to that identified by two federal government reports on fatal accident in the field.

scholarly journals Reported provision of analgesia to patients with acute abdominal pain in Canadian paediatric emergency departments

CJEM ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 323-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naveen Poonai ◽  
Allyson Cowie ◽  
Chloe Davidson ◽  
Andréanne Benidir ◽  
Graham C. Thompson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Abdominal Pain ◽  
Overall Response Rate ◽  
Acute Abdominal Pain ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Pediatric Emergency ◽  
Practice Variation ◽  
Paediatric Emergency ◽  
Tailored Design ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Surgical Condition

AbstractObjectivesEvidence exists that analgesics are underutilized, delayed, and insufficiently dosed for emergency department (ED) patients with acute abdominal pain. For physicians practicing in a Canadian paediatric ED setting, we (1) explored theoretical practice variation in the provision of analgesia to children with acute abdominal pain; (2) identified reasons for withholding analgesia; and (3) evaluated the relationship between providing analgesia and surgical consultation.MethodsPhysician members of Paediatric Emergency Research Canada (PERC) were prospectively surveyed and presented with three scenarios of undifferentiated acute abdominal pain to assess management. A modified Dillman’s Tailored Design method was used to distribute the survey from June to July 2014.ResultsOverall response rate was 74.5% (149/200); 51.7% of respondents were female and mean age was 44 (SD 8.4) years. The reported rates of providing analgesia for case scenarios representative of renal colic, appendicitis, and intussusception, were 100%, 92.1%, and 83.4%, respectively, while rates of providing intravenous opioids were 85.2%, 58.6%, and 12.4%, respectively. In all 60 responses where the respondent indicated they would obtain a surgical consultation, analgesia would be provided. In the 35 responses where analgesia would be withheld, 21 (60%) believed pain was not severe enough, while 5 (14.3%) indicated it would obscure a surgical condition.ConclusionsPediatric emergency physicians self-reported rates of providing analgesia for acute abdominal pain scenarios were higher than previously reported, and appeared unrelated to request for surgical consultation. However, an unwillingness to provide opioid analgesia, belief that analgesia can obscure a surgical condition, and failure to take self-reported pain at face value remain, suggesting that the need exists for further knowledge translation efforts.

scholarly journals Wirkungen monetärer Anreize auf Antworten zur eigenen Delinquenz bei postalischer Befragung / Effects of Monetary Incentives on Self-Reports on Delinquency in a Mail Survey

2015 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Guido Mehlkop ◽  
Rolf Becker
Keyword(s):  
Design Method ◽  
Mail Survey ◽  
Monetary Incentives ◽  
Self Reports ◽  
Tailored Design

ZusammenfassungIm vorliegenden Beitrag werden die Ergebnisse einer in dieser Zeitschrift erschienen Studie von Skarbek-Kozietulska, Preisendörfer & Wolter (2012) über die Validität der Antworten straffällig gewordener Befragter aufgegriffen. Die Autoren stellten einen negativen Effekt der Antwortlatenz fest, demzufolge spät Antwortende eher dazu neigen, ihre Straftaten zu leugnen. Die Gründe hierfür vermuten die Autoren in den Eigenheiten der TDM (tailored design method), speziell in wiederholten Nachfassaktionen. Wir untersuchen im Rahmen eines Methodenexperimentes, ob ebenfalls monetäre Anreize als weiterer zentraler Bestandteil der TDM diesen negativen Latenzeffekt für die Antwortbereitschaft verursachen können. Die These, dass der Zusammenhang von Latenz und Validität selbstberichteter Delinquenz über monetäre Anreize moderiert wird, wird dabei empirisch widerlegt.

T1049 A Survey Evaluating Patterns of Infliximab Use Amongst Canadian Gastroenterologists: Utilization of the Tailored Design Method

2008 ◽  
Vol 134 (4) ◽  
pp. A-472
Author(s):  
Jennifer Jones ◽  
Remo Panaccione ◽  
Margaret Russell ◽  
Robert J. Hilsden
Keyword(s):  
Design Method ◽  
Tailored Design
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