A Web-Based Tool for Automatic Data Collection, Curation, and Visualization of Complex Healthcare Survey Studies including Social Network Analysis

Abstract

There is a great concern nowadays regarding alcohol consumption and drug abuse, especially in young people. Analyzing the social environment where these adolescents are immersed, as well as a series of measures determining the alcohol abuse risk or personal situation and perception using a number of questionnaires like AUDIT, FAS, KIDSCREEN, and others, it is possible to gain insight into the current situation of a given individual regarding his/her consumption behavior. But this analysis, in order to be achieved, requires the use of tools that can ease the process of questionnaire creation, data gathering, curation and representation, and later analysis and visualization to the user. This research presents the design and construction of a web-based platform able to facilitate each of the mentioned processes by integrating the different phases into an intuitive system with a graphical user interface that hides the complexity underlying each of the questionnaires and techniques used and presenting the results in a flexible and visual way, avoiding any manual handling of data during the process. Advantages of this approach are shown and compared to the previous situation where some of the tasks were accomplished by time consuming and error prone manipulations of data.

Feasibility of Social-Network-Based eHealth Intervention on the Improvement of Healthy Habits among Children

“…The information was processed on anonymized data using the tool described in Benítez et al (2017) [25], respecting confidentiality in accordance with Constitutional Law 3/2018 of December 5th on the Protection of Personal Data and the guarantee of digital rights, and following the recommendations of the Spanish Data Protection Agency.…”

Networks that Cross the Boundaries of the Classroom: A Quasi-Experimental Study of University Students

“…To collect the data anonymously, a custom multiplatform application was programmed making use of web technologies (PHP, HTML5, CSS, Javascript) and a MySQL database system. The web application was hosted on a server which allowed students to connect to it through a URL, and through a user-authentication system students were able to answer different questionnaires, some of them having the objective of collecting engagement and socio-demographic data from the students (Benítez et al, 2017). The data was oraginzed with Excel.…”

Multitasking and Monetary Incentive in a Realistic Phishing Study

“…It integrates Roundcube (https://roundcube.net), a webmail system, and Qualtrics (https://www.qualtrics.com), an online survey system. Benítez et al (2017) proposed a web-based tool that enables researchers to manage questionnaires and visualize the data collected. Kaczmarek et al (2015) presented an unattended study of users performing security tasks like pairing wireless devices.…”