ME patient experiences

Sampling bias limits the external validity of findings

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ID4229043
AuthorsJoel Selvakumar (0000-0002-9970-8011, Akershus University Hospital), Vegard Bruun Bratholm Wyller (0000-0002-2537-7782, Akershus University Hospital)
Year2025
Volume30
Issue5
Pages1136-1141
Publication date2025-04-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/13591053241310320
PMID39838600
OpenAlexW4406735239
LanguageEN
References cited15

In a recent paper in Journal of Health Psychology , Kielland et al. present a study with the first objective of documenting how helpful or unhelpful persons with ME perceive common services and interventions. The authors recruited participants by respondent driven sampling, a method that aims to produce estimates that correct for sampling bias. However, we argue that the main assumptions of the method are not met, and that the results of the study thus cannot be generalised to the intended target population

Environmental health · Experience sampling method · External validity · Health psychology · Political science · Population · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Public health · Respondent · Sample size determination · Sampling (signal processing · Sampling bias · Statistics · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Computer Science · Health disparities and outcomes · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Mathematics · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Applied Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Social Psychology

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