Each active-treatment group differed significantly from placebo at each visit (p < 0.001) but did not differ from each other, although the higher dose resulted in a somewhat higher response rate that was sustained over the course of the study, especially from week 8 onward.
Though we could achieve high response rate over 90%, response rate has not been described in the last round of behavioural surveillance (2003 04) report of Bangladesh.
We used patient exit cards, distributed by office staff, in a prior single-site study with a similarly high response rate (over 80%) [ 25].
On the contrary, Fulani appeared to keep a higher humoral response over time and, for this reason, the seasonal variations of the anti-gSG6 IgG response were less pronounced than in the Mossi and did not reach statistical significance.
This combination of strategies produced a high response rate of over 93% and it may be that any strategy would struggle to significantly increase the response rate further (i.e., a ceiling effect).
The strengths of this study include its high response rate of over 85%, representation of GPs from four Australian states (Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia), and that gender of patient was controlled for in the analysis.
Strengths of our study include the population-based cohort design, large sample size, high response rates of follow up (over 96% for in-person home visits), and the use of updated diabetes status.
36 The strengths of our study include the population-based cohort design, large sample size, high response rates of follow-ups (over 96% for in-person home visits) and the use of repeated measures of diabetes status.
We obtained data from the Burkina Faso World Health Survey, which was conducted in an adult population (18 years and over) with a high response rate (4822/4880 selected individuals).
