Comparison of self-administered survey questionnaire responses collected using mobile apps versus other methods

Abstract

Our results, based on a narrative synthesis of the evidence, suggest that apps might not affect data equivalence as long as the intended clinical application of the survey questionnaire, its intended frequency of administration and the setting in which it was validated remain unchanged. There were no data on data accuracy or response rates, and findings on the time taken to complete a self-administered survey questionnaire were contradictory. Furthermore, although apps might improve data completeness, there is not enough evidence to assess their impact on adherence to sampling protocols. None of the included studies assessed how elements of user interaction design, survey questionnaire design and intervention design might influence mode effects. Those conducting research in public health and epidemiology should not assume that mode effects relevant to other delivery modes apply to apps running on consumer smart devices. Those conducting methodological research might wish to explore the issues highlighted by this systematic review.

Factors associated with the Career Preference of 6-Year Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D) Students in Korea: a National Survey

“…Our response rate (37.3%) was relatively low, which could introduce non-response bias in our analysis. 21 Although we took several measures to increase the response rate(provided mobile gift certificates, sent reminders a total of 6 times); additional efforts, such as including pictures and shortening questions, could improve the response rate.…”

“…More than half (64.1%) of the older respondents (aged older than 30) preferred community pharmacy for the future career; however, it was selected by only 14.0% of their younger counterparts (aged 19-24, p<0.0001). The proportion of respondents who wanted to pursue further education showed the opposite trend, with younger respondents (aged [19][20][21][22][23][24] showing a highest proportion (19.5%) and respondents aged 30 and older showing the lowest proportion (1.1%, p<0.0001). Previous major, years of pharmacy education, and geographic location were also significantly associated with career preferences (Table 2).…”

Learnability of a Configurator Empowering End Users to Create Mobile Data Collection Instruments: Usability Study (Preprint)

“…Again, novices were not significantly different from experts already at the first task of Session 1 (1 st data collection instrument). Moreover, the operations of novices at Tasks 3,4,5,7,8,9, and 10 were significantly less than the operations of experts at Task Table 6 summarizes the comparisons between the errors of experts at first task of Session 1 and the errors of novices at each task. Novices made significantly more errors at almost each task of Session 1 (except for Task 3) than did experts at Task 1 of Session 1 (p < .05).…”

“…Additionally, electronic questionnaires do not differ from paper-based versions in psychometric properties [3]. Moreover, they contribute to more complete datasets compared to ones collected with pencil and paper [4], resulting in a better data quality [5]. Finally, the digitally collected data may be enriched with contextual information [6] (e.g., time and location) or sensor data [7] (e.g., pulse measurement during an interview).…”

Métodos Para Desenvolvimento De Aplicativos Móveis Em Saúde: Revisão Integrativa Da Literatura

“…6 Various studies indicate that these apps, including the information that these generate, can be used to optimize results and reduce risks in health; they can also be used for understanding the determinant factors which promote health and/or lead to illness. [11][12][13][14][15][16] Specifically in the area of nursing, it is considered that the tools made available by ICT, associated with clinical, educational and management practice, require nurses to make efforts to achieve a definition of their role regarding ICT in nursing. There is evidence of the urgent need for these professionals to undertake reflection on this subject -and also to include themselves in the technological environment of the mobile apps, which are so strongly present in the Brazilian cultural, social and economic contexts.…”