Improving Survey Questions: Design and Evaluation

Dickson, John P.; Fowler, Floyd J.; Mangione, Thomas W.

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“…Where available and described below, existing questions and scales were used or adapted ( n = 20). For the limited constructs ( n = 8) where existing questions or scales were not available, questions and response options were designed using best practice [ 30 ]. The complete survey was assessed for face validity by pilot testing with stakeholders from both Profile and the health plan and was reviewed for ease of completion with professional telephone interviewers.…”

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confidence: 99%

Pragmatic Evaluation of a Health System-Based Employee Weight Management Program

Dinh

Rivard

Herrmann

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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Objective: We aimed to evaluate the fidelity and estimate the effectiveness of a novel health system employee weight-management program. Methods: Employees participating in a weight loss program consisting of self-monitoring, health coaching and meal replacements optionally enrolled in the 12-month study. Longitudinal, single-arm analyses were conducted evaluating change over time via survey, claims and programmatic data. Token participation incentives were offered for survey completion. Results: In total, 140 participants enrolled (51.2 ± 9.8 years; BMI = 33.2 ± 6.5 kg/m2; 89.3% female). During 1 year, participants attended 18.0 ± 12.2 coaching appointments and self-reported significant improvements in weight (−8.2 ± 10.5% body weight), BMI (−3.9 ± 6.5 kg/m2), fruit/vegetable intake, home food preparation, added sugar, sugar sweetened beverages and life satisfaction (all p < 0.05). No significant changes were reported in physical activity, weight-related social support, self-efficacy or healthcare utilization (all p > 0.05). Conclusions: The findings from this evaluation establish implementation fidelity. Clinically significant self-reported weight loss, coupled with improvements in many weight-related behaviors, suggest the program is an effective weight management tool when offered as an employee well-being program.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Pragmatic Evaluation of a Health System-Based Employee Weight Management Program

Dinh

Rivard

Herrmann

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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“…Invalid questionnaires were sent back within few minutes for reinterview. A random of 5% of the questionnaires was checked at the end of the survey (37). The responses were automatically converted into electronic data for analysis software.…”

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I Know Some People: The Association of Social Capital With Primary Health Care Utilization of Residents in China

Zhang

Huang

et al. 2021

Front. Public Health

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Background: Primary health care (PHC) services are underused due to the unbalanced distribution of medical resources. This is especially true in developing countries where the construction of PHC systems has begun to take effect. Social capital is one of the important factors affecting primary health care utilization.Method: This study investigated the utilization of PHC services by Chinese community residents in the past year. Social capital, PHC utilization, age, health care insurance, etc., were measured. A multilevel negative binomial model was adopted to analyze the association of social capital with PHC utilization.Results: Data of 5,471 residents from 283 communities in China were collected through a questionnaire survey in 2018. The results showed that community social capital (CSC) is significantly associated with PHC utilization in China, but individual social capital (ISC) had no significant association with PHC utilization. A one-standard deviation increase in the CSC leads to a 1.9% increase in PHC utilization. Other factors like gender, education, income, health insurance, health status, etc., are significantly associated with PHC utilization in China.Conclusions: Community social capital plays a more important role in promoting PHC utilization, while ISC plays an unclear role in PHC utilization by the residents of China.

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“…This approach allowed us to elicit specific information on particular variables and study the cause-effect relationships and connections as a function of the socio-economic and operational characteristics of the participated hotels into the survey [27,28]. The questionnaire was designed following the recommendations of the relative literature [29][30][31][32][33] to achieve the specific objectives of the research. After preparing the first version of the questionnaire, a pilot survey was conducted in order to test it and identify vague and problematic questions, which could lead to biased answers.…”

Section: Survey Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring the factors influencing energy efficiency in the Greek hotel sector

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The current paper aims at enhancing the existing literature of studies discussing the parameters, which formulate the phenomenon of the energy efficiency gap in hotels. Specifically, the obtained outcomes, as resulted by the conduction of a stated preference survey are presented and discussed. The survey was carried out on a representative sample of hotels in Greece in the context of the “Consumer Energy Efficiency Decision making (CONSEED)” project. Emphasis was given on various issues related to the energy efficiency gap, such as the impact of EU labelling scheme, the linkage of the pro-environmental behaviour with the willingness to invest in more energy-efficient technologies and equipment, the lack of information about electricity prices and the imperfect understanding of energy operating costs. The findings of the survey can be used to explain the role of the behaviour in the decision-making procedures for the further promotion of energy efficiency. Theoretical models can be developed with the collected data to examine the energy efficiency gap phenomenon and to quantify the contribution of different factors to its formulation including the calculation of the implicit discount rate. Finally, the design of more effective policies can be supported with the findings of the paper maximizing the private and social benefits, which are associated with the purchase of energy-efficient technologies and equipment in the hotel sector.

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Improving Survey Questions: Design and Evaluation

Cited by 7 publications

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Pragmatic Evaluation of a Health System-Based Employee Weight Management Program

Pragmatic Evaluation of a Health System-Based Employee Weight Management Program

I Know Some People: The Association of Social Capital With Primary Health Care Utilization of Residents in China

Exploring the factors influencing energy efficiency in the Greek hotel sector

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