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CompletedNCT02843360

National Health Interview Survey in Taiwan

Status
Completed
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
23,296 (actual)
Sponsor
National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

The major elements of the survey were sampling, questionnaire design, field survey and database construction. This survey incorporated the multistage stratified sampling scheme. Questionnaires include health status, utilization of health care, health behaviors, quality of life, and social economic status.

Detailed description

This survey took a representative sample from each county and municipality in Taiwan using a stratified multi-stage systematic sampling procedure. Within each county/municipality (stratum), samples were selected with probability proportional to population size. Questionnaire design was based on the needs of the Department of Health and Welfare and the public health professionals. Due to different age has different health problems, the questionnaires were divided into 3 parts: under 12, 23-64, and 65+ years. The response rate was 75% in 2013.

Conditions

Timeline

Start date
2013-05-01
Primary completion
2014-02-01
Completion
2014-02-01
First posted
2016-07-25
Last updated
2016-07-27

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02843360. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.