Integration of former child and adolescent study participants into a national health online panel for a longitudinal study on young adult mental health
This study demonstrated the feasibility of re-activating former participants and integrating them into a modern online panel. While re-activation was successful for a substantial proportion of invitees, specific challenges (e.g., selective re-participation) remain. The findings provide insights for refining re-contact and retention strategies to improve representativeness and quality of longitudinal mental health research, ultimately enabling more accurate monitoring of health trajectories and their determinants over time.
Authors
- Jennifer Allen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9827-9147)
- Caroline Cohrdes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0063-4145)
- Vera Birgel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8879-085X)
- Stephan Christen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7050-1116)
- Hans Butschalowsky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-3643)
- Stefan Damerow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7265-1123)
- Johannes Lemcke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7000-2250)
- Michael Lange
Institutions
- Robert Koch Institute (DE)
- German Centre of Gerontology (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medical Research Methodology
- Published
- 2025-07-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-025-02613-2
- Primary Topic
- Health and Medical Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Robert Koch Institut