1. Measurement agreement of the self-administered questionnaire of the Belgian Health Interview Survey: Paper-and-pencil versus web-based mode
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Stefaan Demarest, Sabine Drieskens, Johan Van der Heyden, Guido Van Hal, Jean Tafforeau, Lydia Gisle, Geert Molenberghs, Rana Charafeddine, Elise Braekman, and Finaba Berete
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Questionnaires ,Male ,020205 medical informatics ,Intraclass correlation ,Social Sciences ,lcsh:Medicine ,Self Administration ,02 engineering and technology ,Health informatics ,Database and Informatics Methods ,0302 clinical medicine ,Belgium ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Medicine and Health Sciences ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Psychology ,EPIDEMIOLOGY ,Public and Occupational Health ,030212 general & internal medicine ,lcsh:Science ,Alcohol Consumption ,Multidisciplinary ,Depression ,Multidisciplinary Sciences ,Alcoholism ,Neurology ,Research Design ,RELIABILITY ,Science & Technology - Other Topics ,Female ,REPORTED OUTCOME MEASURES ,EQUIVALENCE ,Behavioral and Social Aspects of Health ,Engineering sciences. Technology ,Psychosocial ,Research Article ,Clinical psychology ,Adult ,Paper ,Substance-Related Disorders ,Addiction ,Health Informatics ,Research and Analysis Methods ,03 medical and health sciences ,Mental Health and Psychiatry ,Humans ,QUALITY ,INTERNET ,Categorical variable ,Nutrition ,Internet ,Survey Research ,Science & Technology ,Data collection ,Mood Disorders ,business.industry ,lcsh:R ,Biology and Life Sciences ,INSTRUMENTS ,Missing data ,Health Surveys ,Health indicator ,Diet ,SCL-90-R ,Sample size determination ,Sample Size ,lcsh:Q ,Sleep Disorders ,COLLECTION ,business - Abstract
Before organizing mixed-mode data collection for the self-administered questionnaire of the Belgian Health Interview Survey, measurement effects between the paper-and-pencil and the web-based questionnaire were evaluated. A two-period cross-over study was organized with a sample of 149 employees of two Belgian research institutes (age range 22-62 years, 72% female). Measurement agreement was assessed for a diverse range of health indicators related to general health, mental and psychosocial health, health behaviors and prevention with kappa coefficients and intraclass correlation (ICC). The quality of the data collected by both modes was evaluated by quantifying the missing, 'don't know' and inconsistent values and data entry mistakes. Good to very good agreement was found for all categorical indicators with kappa coefficients superior to 0.60, except for two mental and psychosocial health indicators namely the presence of a sleeping disorder and of a depressive disorder (kappa≥0.50). For the continuous indicators high to acceptable agreement was observed with ICC superior to 0.70. Inconsistent answers and data-entry mistakes were only occurring in the paper-and-pencil mode. There were no less missing values in the web-based mode compared to the paper-and-pencil mode. The study supports the idea that web-based modes provide, in general, equal responses to paper-and-pencil modes. However, health indicators based upon factual and objective items tend to have higher measurement agreement than indicators requiring an assessment of personal subjective feelings. A web-based mode greatly facilitates the data-entry process and guides the completing of a questionnaire. However, item non-response was not positively affected. ispartof: PLOS ONE vol:13 issue:5 ispartof: location:United States status: published
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- 2018