The Danish National Health Survey 2023: study design and participant characteristics

作者：Andrea Huber Jezek, Ola Ekholm, Michael Davidsen, Christina Bjørk Petersen, Heidi Rosendahl, Sofie Rossen Møller, Martin Eghøj, Lau Caspar Thygesen, Anne Illemann Christensen · 发表于：Scandinavian Journal of Public Health · 年份：2024 · DOI：10.1177/14034948241275032 · 被引用次数：10 · 研究领域：Survey Methodology and Nonresponse、Mobile Health and mHealth Applications、Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods

Aim: To describe the design of the Danish National Health Survey (DNHS) 2023, participants’ demographic characteristics and differences in demographic and selected health-related characteristics between respondents invited by web-mode and paper-mode. Methods: A sample of 25,000 residents in Denmark aged 16 years or above was invited to participate in the DNHS 2023 using a mixed-mode approach (web/paper mode). Web-mode invited were additionally invited to participate in an accelerometer study. The self-administered questionnaire included 83 questions about health, health behaviour and morbidity. Descriptive statistics were used to describe characteristics associated with response and invitation mode. Results: The response proportion was 40.8%. Non-response was more frequent among men, individuals of the youngest age groups, individuals with non-Western backgrounds, unmarried and individuals from densely populated areas. The response proportion was higher among web-mode invited (42.0%) than paper-mode invited (22.6%). Paper-mode invited respondents were more often women, aged 80 years or older, and widowed compared with web-mode invited respondents. Conclusions: The DNHS 2023 is a national health survey including adult residents in Denmark. Non-response was more pronounced among some subgroups; however, calibrated weights were calculated to minimise non-response bias. The survey is essential for public health surveillance and can be used in health planning and policy developmen...