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A comparison between prospective Internet-based and paper diary recordings of headache among adolescents in the general population.
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Cephalalgia . Apr2016, Vol. 36 Issue 4, p335-345. 11p. 1 Diagram, 5 Charts, 2 Graphs. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- <bold>Aim: </bold>The aim of this article was to develop and apply an Internet-based headache diary (i-diary) for adolescents and compare it with a paper-diary (p-diary) regarding adherence, user acceptability and recorded headache activity.<bold>Methods: </bold>In a cross-sectional school-based study, a representative sample of 488 adolescents aged 12-18 years were randomly allocated by cluster sampling to record for three weeks in i-diaries or p-diaries their headache intensity, disability, and use of acute medication.<bold>Results: </bold>A significantly (p = 0.008) higher proportion of adolescents in the i-diary group used the diary at least once during the 21-day period (86% vs 76% for the p-diary). However, the p-diary group completed a significantly (p < 0.001) higher number of diary days (20.8 vs 15.0 days for the i-diary). The response rate for the i-diary-group was largely evenly distributed over the study period; conversely, approximately two-thirds of the adolescents using the p-diary responded on all 21 days, whereas one-fourth did not respond at all. The two diary types were rated as equal in easiness to remember (p = 0.25), but the i-diaries were more bothersome to use (p = 0.029).<bold>Conclusion: </bold>Although p-diary users completed a higher proportion of diary days, i-diaries provided more reliable and credible estimates of headache parameters because of better real-time assessment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *HEADACHE
*DISEASES in teenagers
*INTERNET in medicine
*MEDICAL records
*SEVERITY of illness index
*COMPARATIVE studies
*INTERNET
*LONGITUDINAL method
*RESEARCH methodology
*MEDICAL cooperation
*PATIENT compliance
*PATIENT satisfaction
*RESEARCH
*EVALUATION research
*RANDOMIZED controlled trials
*CROSS-sectional method
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03331024
- Volume :
- 36
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Cephalalgia
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 114398189
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0333102415591506