STUDY OBJECTIVE The primary aim of the research described in this paper was to ascertain whether inclusion of a self administered questionnaire with the usual invitation to routine breast screening affected screening uptake. Secondary aims included establishing appropriate questionnaire distribution and collection methods within the framework of the National Health Service Breast Screening Prog...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Volunteer bias in intervention studies on successful aging has been poorly explored. This paper investigated differences between participants and non-participants of the Groningen Intervention Study on Successful Aging (GISSA) over a wide range of demographic, physical, psychological and social subject characteristics. METHODS Subjects were recruited among a longitudinal c...

PURPOSE To evaluate the process indicators for monitoring the Organized Cervical Cancer Screening Programme (OCCSP) conducted in the Belgrade municipality of Cukarica within the first three-year interval, and to compare Pap test coverage for women aged 25 to 64 before and after implementing the organised programme. METHODS We analyzed the coverage by invitation, compliance with invitation and...

Invitation You are kindly invited to attend the public defense of my thesis which will take place on Wednesday January 22, 2014 at 12:45 in Berkhoff zaal-WA4 in the Waaier building at the University of Twente. The defense will be followed by a reception in the same building. Invitation You are kindly invited to attend the public defense of my thesis which will take place on Wednesday January 22...

PURPOSE To present the performance indicators for monitoring the cervical cancer screening process conducted in primary health centres (PHCs) and to identify any shortcomings in the implementation of the Organized Cervical Cancer Screening Programme (OCCSP). METHODS This study included 16 PHCs participating in the OCCSP in the Republic of Serbia. The data were analysed from the moment the met...

BACKGROUND Offering self-sampling to non-attendees of cervical screening increases screening attendance. METHODS We used observations from two Finnish studies on the use of self-sampling among the non-attendees to estimate in a hypothetical screening population of 100,000 women the possible costs per extra screened woman and costs per extra detected and treated CIN2+ with three intervention s...

BACKGROUND Investigators often face challenges when recruiting participants into randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Some data suggest that telephone reminders may lead to greater participant enrollment. METHODS Patients aged 50 to 70 years from family practice rosters were initially mailed invitations to participate in an RCT of colorectal cancer screening. Patients who did not respond were...

BACKGROUND Low participation rates are one of the most serious disadvantages of Web-based studies. It is necessary to develop effective strategies to improve participation rates to obtain sufficient data. OBJECTIVE The objective of this trial was to investigate the effect of emphasizing the incentive in the subject line of the invitation email and the day of the week of sending the invitation...

mohammad’s invitation letters, in addition to being sacred texts, include exact word combinations which are based on calculated and systematic arrangements of words and sentences. stylistics is a linguistic science which study texts along four dimensions: syntax, morphology, phonology, and signification. this science guides its audience and users to become aware of and enjoy interrelated and or...

to thank the organizers of the RESER conference for their invitation to present these views.