Experimental attrition

Experimental attrition refers to experimental subjects leaving an experiment or other study for either practical reasons, etc. In clinical trials participants may withdraw from the study, for example, due to adverse effects.

Books

 * Grant, J. S., Raper, J. L., Kang, D.-H., & Weaver, M. T. (2008). Research participant recruitment and retention. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Papers
Abikoff, H., Arnold, L. E., Newcorn, J. H., Elliott, G. R., Hechtman, L., Severe, J. B., et al. (2002). Emergency/adjunct services and attrition prevention for randomized clinical trials in children: The MTA manual-based solution: Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Vol 41(5) May 2002, 498-504.
 * Ahern, K., & Le Brocque, R. (2005). Methodological Issues in the Effects of Attrition: Simple Solutions for Social Scientists: Field Methods Vol 17(1) Feb 2005, 53-69.
 * Andersen, E. (2007). Participant retention in randomized, controlled trials: The value of relational engagement: International Journal for Human Caring Vol 11(4) 2007, 46-51.
 * Anstey, K. J., Hofer, S. M., & Luszcz, M. A. (2003). Cross-sectional and longitudinal patterns of dedifferentiation in late-life cognitive and sensory function: The effects of age, ability, attrition, and occasion of measurement: Journal of Experimental Psychology: General Vol 132(3) Sep 2003, 470-487.
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 * Cotter, R. B., Burke, J. D., Stouthamer-Loeber, M., & Loeber, R. (2005). Contacting participants for follow-up: How much effort is required to retain participants in longitudinal studies? : Evaluation and Program Planning Vol 28(1) Feb 2005, 15-21.
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 * Deluccchi, K. L. (1994). Methods for the analysis of binary outcome results in the presence of missing data: Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology Vol 62(3) Jun 1994, 569-575.
 * Desmond, D. W., Bagiella, E., Moroney, J. T., & Stern, Y. (1998). The effect of patient attrition on estimates of the frequency of dementia following stroke: Archives of Neurology Vol 55(3) Mar 1998, 390-394.
 * Dobratz, M. C. (2003). Issues and Dilemmas in Conducting Research with Vulnerable Home Hospice Participants: Journal of Nursing Scholarship Vol 35(4) 2003, 371-376.
 * Edwards, A. G. K., & Rollnick, S. (1997). Outcome studies of brief alcohol intervention in general practice: The problem of lost subjects: Addiction Vol 92(12) Dec 1997, 1699-1704.
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 * Erlen, J. A., & Sereika, S. M. (2006). Fidelity to a 12-Week Structured Medication Adherence Intervention in Patients With HIV: Nursing Research Vol 55(2, Suppl) Mar-Apr 2006, S17-S22.
 * Esbensen, F.-A., Miller, M. H., Taylor, T. J., He, N., & Freng, A. (1999). Differential attrition rates and active parental consent: Evaluation Review Vol 23(3) Jun 1999, 316-335.
 * Eysenbach, G. (2006). The law of attrition revisited--Author's reply: Journal of Medical Internet Research Vol 8(3) 2006, 73-74.
 * Fendrich, M., Wislar, J. S., Mackesy-Amiti, M. E., & Goldstein, P. (1996). Mechanisms of noncompletion in ethnographic research on drugs: Results from a secondary analysis: Journal of Drug Issues Vol 26(1) Win 1996, 23-44.
 * Ferrando, S. J., Rabkin, J. G., de Moore, G. M., & Rabkin, R. (1999). Antidepressant treatment of depression in HIV-seropositive women: Journal of Clinical Psychiatry Vol 60(11) Nov 1999, 741-746.
 * Foster, E. M., & Bickman, L. (1996). An evaluator's guide to detecting attrition problems: Evaluation Review Vol 20(6) Dec 1996, 695-723.
 * Foster, E. M., & Fang, G. Y. (2004). Alternative Methods for Handling Attrition: An Illustration Using Data From the Fast Track Evaluation: Evaluation Review Vol 28(5) Oct 2004, 434-464.
 * Frick, J. R., Goebel, J., Schechtman, E., Wagner, G. G., & Yitzhaki, S. (2006). Using analysis of Gini (ANOGI) for detecting whether two subsamples represent the same universe: Sociological Methods & Research Vol 34(4) May 2006, 427-468.
 * Gallagher-Thompson, D., Solano, N., Coon, D., & Arean, P. (2003). Recruitment and Retention of Latino Dementia Family Caregivers in Intervention Research: Issues to Face, Lessons to Learn: The Gerontologist Vol 43(1) Feb 2003, 45-51.
 * Gencheva, E., Sloan, M., Leurgans, S., Raman, R., Harris, Y., & Gorelick, P. (2004). Attrition and Non-Compliance in Secondary Stroke Prevention Trials: Neuroepidemiology Vol 23(1-2) Jan-Apr 2004, 61-66.
 * Geromanos, K., Sunkle, S. N., Mauer, M. B., Carp, D., Ancker, J., Zhang, W., et al. (2004). Successful Techniques for Retaining a Cohort of Infants and Children Born to HIV-Infected Women: The Prospective Psuperscript 2Csuperscript 2 HIV Study: JANAC: Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care Vol 15(4) Jul-Aug 2004, 48-57.
 * Gerstorf, D., Smith, J., & Baltes, P. B. (2006). A systemic-wholistic approach to differential aging: Longitudinal findings from the Berlin Aging Study: Psychology and Aging Vol 21(4) Dec 2006, 645-663.
 * Gilliss, C. L., Lee, K. A., Gutierrez, Y., Taylor, D., Beyene, Y., Neuhaus, J., et al. (2001). Recruitment and retention of healthy minority women into community-based longitudinal research: Journal of Women's Health & Gender-Based Medicine Vol 10(1) 2001, 77-85.
 * Goodman, J. S., & Blum, T. C. (1996). Assessing the non-random sampling effects of subject attrition in longitudinal research: Journal of Management Vol 22(4) 1996, 627-652.
 * Green, S. M., Navratil, J. L., Loeber, R., & Lahey, B. B. (1994). Potential dropouts in a longitudinal study: Prevalence, stability, and associated characteristics: Journal of Child and Family Studies Vol 3(1) Mar 1994, 69-87.
 * Grossi, E., Grave, R. D., Mannucci, E., Molinari, E., Compare, A., Cuzzolaro, M., et al. (2006). Complexity of attrition in the treatment of obesity: Clues from a structured telephone interview: International Journal of Obesity Vol 30(7) Jul 2006, 1132-1137.
 * Haapea, M., Miettunen, J., Veijola, J., Lauronen, E., Tanskanen, P., & Isohanni, M. (2007). Non-participation may bias the results of a psychiatric survey: An analysis from the survey including magnetic resonance imaging within the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology Vol 42(5) May 2007, 403-409.
 * Hafner, S., Lieberz, K., Franz, M., & Schepank, H. (2000). Late probands' refusal to participate in an epidemiological longitudinal field survey--sociodemographic, clinical and psychometric findings of the Mannheim Cohort Project: Schweizer Archiv fur Neurologie und Psychiatrie Vol 151(5) 2000, 195-203.
 * Harel, O., Hofer, S. M., Hoffman, L., Pedersen, N., & Johansson, B. (2007). Population inference with mortality and attrition in longitudinal studies on aging: A two-stage multiple imputation method: Experimental Aging Research Vol 33(2) Apr 2007, 187-203.
 * Harris, P. M. (1998). Attrition revisited: American Journal of Evaluation Vol 19(3) Fal 1998, 293-305.
 * Hartsough, C. S., Babinski, L. M., & Lambert, N. M. (1996). Tracking procedures and attrition containment in a long-term follow-up of a community-based ADHD sample: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry Vol 37(6) Sep 1996, 705-713.
 * Hayslip, B., Jr., McCoy-Roberts, L., & Pavur, R. (1998). Selective attrition effects in bereavement research: A three-year longitudinal analysis: Omega: Journal of Death and Dying Vol 38(1) 1998-1999, 21-35.
 * Hazuda, H. P., Gerety, M., Williams, J. W., Jr., Lawrence, V., Calmbach, W., & Mulrow, C. (2000). Health promotion research with Mexican American elders: Matching approaches to settings at the mediator- and micro-levels of recruitment: Journal of Mental Health and Aging Vol 6(1) Spr 2000, 79-90.
 * Heath, A. C., Howells, W., Bucholz, K. K., Glowinski, A. L., Nelson, E. C., & Madden, P. A. F. (2002). Ascertainment of a Mid-Western US Female Adolescent Twin Cohort for Alcohol Studies: Assessment of Sample Representativeness Using Birth Record Data: Twin Research Vol 5(2) Apr 2002, 107-112.
 * Heath, A. C., Madden, P. A. F., & Martin, N. G. (1998). Assessing the effects of cooperation bias and attrition in behavioral genetic research using data-weighting: Behavior Genetics Vol 28(6) Nov 1998, 415-427.
 * Hedeker, D., & Gibbons, R. D. (1997). Application of random-effects pattern-mixture models for missing data in longitudinal studies: Psychological Methods Vol 2(1) Mar 1997, 64-78.
 * Hedeker, D., Gibbons, R. D., & Waternaux, C. (1999). Sample size estimation for longitudinal designs with attrition: Comparing time-related contrasts between two groups: Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics Vol 24(1) Spr 1999, 70-93.
 * Hille, E. T. M., den Ouden, A. L., Stuifbergen, M. C., Verrips, G. H. W., Vogels, A. G. C., Brand, R., et al. (2005). Is attrition bias a problem in neonatal follow-up? : Early Human Development Vol 81(11) Nov 2005, 901-908.
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 * Kennison, R. F., & Zelinski, E. M. (2005). Estimating Age Change in List Recall in Asset and Health Dynamics of the Oldest-Old: The Effects of Attrition Bias and Missing Data Treatment: Psychology and Aging Vol 20(3) Sep 2005, 460-475.
 * Knight, E. D., Smith, J. B., Dubowitz, H., Litrownik, A. J., Kotch, J. B., English, D., et al. (2006). Reporting Participants in Research Studies to Child Protective Services: Limited Risk to Attrition: Child Maltreatment Vol 11(3) Aug 2006, 257-262.
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Dissertations

 * Austin, A. M. (2008). Treatment attrition among racial/ethnic minority adolescents participating in a brief motivational intervention for substance use problems: The influence of individual, social, cultural, and treatment factors. Dissertation Abstracts International Section A: Humanities and Social Sciences.
 * Roary-Cook, M. C. (2008). Non-traditional predictors to evaluate dropout rates. Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: The Sciences and Engineering.
 * Wicker, L. R. (2003). A social cognitive model of attrition: A test against the competing Tinto (1993) longitudinal model of institutional departure. Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: The Sciences and Engineering.