Owing to problems with recall bias in the earlier interview study 1 and because little emphasis was placed on harm outcomes, we plan in future to interview trialists about differences between outcomes specified in trial protocols and the trial report during the peer review process to better understand mechanisms for outcome reporting bias across both benefit and harm outcomes.
(Sure, preparing for it means that you have to presuppose a positive outcome to your interview day, but what is wrong with that?) The first rule regarding the "salary question" is to do your homework.
We had intended originally to interview the investigators of trials where outcome reporting bias was suspected for the review primary outcome and match the interview to one from an investigator of a trial in the same review where there was no suspicion of outcome reporting bias.
Baseline telephone interviews were associated with poorer outcomes compared to interviews conducted in the ED.
The possibility of spontaneous revelation is certainly a potential outcome at "Interviewing the Audience," but there is also such a thing as collective boredom.
Both of these are indicators of poor health outcomes and invitation to interview may be distressing for the parents.
After examining the overall outcomes (contact, able to be interviewed, cooperation, and participation), we will focus in the third part of our first research question on one specific outcome, namely contact (see the aforementioned findings by, e.g., Baykara-Krumme 2010; Feskens et al. 2006), and compare, in particular, the contact rates among migrants and non-migrants by age group and gender.
While there is much research showing that telephone-based assessment using standardised measures is as good as face-to-face assessment, 52 54 some research has shown that telephone interviews may not be as reliable as face-to-face interviews; 55 however, it was not feasible to conduct the large number of outcome assessment interviews face-to-face.
In case of evidence for blinding break down, the interviewer will be changed to the second outcome interview.
Only parents of children with favourable treatment outcomes were interviewed.
