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Does usage of monetary incentive impact the involvement in surveys? A systematic review and meta-analysis of 46 randomized controlled trials

BACKGROUND: Surveys are an effective method for collecting a large quantity of data. However, incomplete responses to these surveys can affect the validity of the studies and introduce bias. Recent studies have suggested that monetary incentives may increase survey response rates. We intended to per...

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Autores principales: Abdelazeem, Basel, Hamdallah, Aboalmagd, Rizk, Marwa Abdelazim, Abbas, Kirellos Said, El-Shahat, Nahla Ahmed, Manasrah, Nouraldeen, Mostafa, Mostafa Reda, Eltobgy, Mostafa
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Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9844858/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36649255
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279128
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author Abdelazeem, Basel
Hamdallah, Aboalmagd
Rizk, Marwa Abdelazim
Abbas, Kirellos Said
El-Shahat, Nahla Ahmed
Manasrah, Nouraldeen
Mostafa, Mostafa Reda
Eltobgy, Mostafa
author_facet Abdelazeem, Basel
Hamdallah, Aboalmagd
Rizk, Marwa Abdelazim
Abbas, Kirellos Said
El-Shahat, Nahla Ahmed
Manasrah, Nouraldeen
Mostafa, Mostafa Reda
Eltobgy, Mostafa
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description BACKGROUND: Surveys are an effective method for collecting a large quantity of data. However, incomplete responses to these surveys can affect the validity of the studies and introduce bias. Recent studies have suggested that monetary incentives may increase survey response rates. We intended to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to evaluate the effect of monetary incentives on survey participation. METHODS: A systematic search of electronic databases was conducted to collect studies assessing the impact of monetary incentives on survey participation. The primary outcome of interest was the response rates to incentives: money, lottery, and voucher. We used the Cochrane Collaboration tool to assess the risk of bias in randomized trials. We calculated the rate ratio (RR) with its 95% confidence interval (95% CI) using Review Manager Software (version 5.3). We used random-effects analysis and considered the data statistically significant with a P-value <0.05. RESULTS: Forty-six RCTs were included. A total of 109,648 participants from 14 countries were involved. The mean age of participants ranged from 15 to more than 60 years, with 27.5% being males, 16.7% being females, and the other 55.8% not reported. Our analysis showed a significant increase in response rate in the incentive group compared to the control group, irrespective of the incentive methods. Money was the most efficient way to increase the response rate (RR: 1.25; 95% CI: 1.16,1.35; P = < 0.00001) compared to voucher (RR: 1.19; 95% CI: 1.08,1.31; P = < 0.0005) and lottery (RR: 1.12; 95% CI: 1.03,1.22; P = < 0.009). CONCLUSION: Monetary incentives encourage the response rate in surveys. Money was more effective than vouchers or lotteries. Therefore, researchers may include money as an incentive to improve the response rate while conducting surveys.
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spelling pubmed-98448582023-01-18 Does usage of monetary incentive impact the involvement in surveys? A systematic review and meta-analysis of 46 randomized controlled trials Abdelazeem, Basel Hamdallah, Aboalmagd Rizk, Marwa Abdelazim Abbas, Kirellos Said El-Shahat, Nahla Ahmed Manasrah, Nouraldeen Mostafa, Mostafa Reda Eltobgy, Mostafa PLoS One Research Article BACKGROUND: Surveys are an effective method for collecting a large quantity of data. However, incomplete responses to these surveys can affect the validity of the studies and introduce bias. Recent studies have suggested that monetary incentives may increase survey response rates. We intended to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to evaluate the effect of monetary incentives on survey participation. METHODS: A systematic search of electronic databases was conducted to collect studies assessing the impact of monetary incentives on survey participation. The primary outcome of interest was the response rates to incentives: money, lottery, and voucher. We used the Cochrane Collaboration tool to assess the risk of bias in randomized trials. We calculated the rate ratio (RR) with its 95% confidence interval (95% CI) using Review Manager Software (version 5.3). We used random-effects analysis and considered the data statistically significant with a P-value <0.05. RESULTS: Forty-six RCTs were included. A total of 109,648 participants from 14 countries were involved. The mean age of participants ranged from 15 to more than 60 years, with 27.5% being males, 16.7% being females, and the other 55.8% not reported. Our analysis showed a significant increase in response rate in the incentive group compared to the control group, irrespective of the incentive methods. Money was the most efficient way to increase the response rate (RR: 1.25; 95% CI: 1.16,1.35; P = < 0.00001) compared to voucher (RR: 1.19; 95% CI: 1.08,1.31; P = < 0.0005) and lottery (RR: 1.12; 95% CI: 1.03,1.22; P = < 0.009). CONCLUSION: Monetary incentives encourage the response rate in surveys. Money was more effective than vouchers or lotteries. Therefore, researchers may include money as an incentive to improve the response rate while conducting surveys. Public Library of Science 2023-01-17 /pmc/articles/PMC9844858/ /pubmed/36649255 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279128 Text en © 2023 Abdelazeem et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Hamdallah, Aboalmagd
Rizk, Marwa Abdelazim
Abbas, Kirellos Said
El-Shahat, Nahla Ahmed
Manasrah, Nouraldeen
Mostafa, Mostafa Reda
Eltobgy, Mostafa
Does usage of monetary incentive impact the involvement in surveys? A systematic review and meta-analysis of 46 randomized controlled trials
title Does usage of monetary incentive impact the involvement in surveys? A systematic review and meta-analysis of 46 randomized controlled trials
title_full Does usage of monetary incentive impact the involvement in surveys? A systematic review and meta-analysis of 46 randomized controlled trials
title_fullStr Does usage of monetary incentive impact the involvement in surveys? A systematic review and meta-analysis of 46 randomized controlled trials
title_full_unstemmed Does usage of monetary incentive impact the involvement in surveys? A systematic review and meta-analysis of 46 randomized controlled trials
title_short Does usage of monetary incentive impact the involvement in surveys? A systematic review and meta-analysis of 46 randomized controlled trials
title_sort does usage of monetary incentive impact the involvement in surveys? a systematic review and meta-analysis of 46 randomized controlled trials
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9844858/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36649255
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279128
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