Use of Online or Paper Surveys by Australian Women: Longitudinal Study of Users, Devices, and Cohort Retention
Use of Online or Paper Surveys by Australian Women: Longitudinal Study of Users, Devices, and Cohort Retention
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10.2196/10672
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发表时间：
2019-03-14
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7.4
通讯作者：
Dobson, Annette
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作者：
Fitzgerald, David;Hockey, Richard;Dobson, Annette
背景：越来越多地使用在线调查来提高数据质量和及时性，并降低成本。虽然有许多横断面研究比较了在线或纸质调查的反应，但从纵向角度进行的研究很少。目的：在完善的澳大利亚妇女健康纵向研究的背景下，我们检查了对在线或纸质调查的反应模式，这两种模式都提供了研究的前两波。我们比较了以下内容：1946年至1951年出生的女性和1973年至1978年出生的女性之间的差异；用于在线完成的设备类型；在线或邮寄问卷调查的妇女的社会人口学、行为和健康特征；以及第一次调查的完成方式与第二次调查的参与和完成方式之间的联系。方法：本研究的参与者从1996年开始定期进行邮寄调查，从2012年开始可以选择使用纸质问卷或基于网络的电子问卷来完成调查。有两组女性参与其中：1946年至1951年出生的60多岁的老年群体和1973年至1978年出生的30多岁的年轻群体，当时首次引入在线调查。我们比较了两次都在网上回答的女性，在第一次调查中在网上回答，在第二次调查中使用纸质版本的女性，从纸质版本改为在线版本的女性，以及两次都使用纸质版本的女性。结果：9663名60多岁的女性中，有一半以上的人更喜欢纸质调查（第一次调查为5290/9663,54.74%，第二次调查为5373/8621,62.32%）。如果他们选择在线版本，大多数人使用电脑。相反，在8628名30多岁的女性中，56.04%（4835人/8628人）在第一次调查时选择了网络版本。虽然大多数人更喜欢电脑而不是手机或平板电脑，但在随后的调查中，许多人确实尝试了这些替代品。许多第一次在线完成调查的女性在随后的调查中更喜欢纸质版本。事实上，对于60多岁的女性来说，从网络到纸质的人数（1151/3851,29.89%）超过了从纸质到网络的人数（734/5290,13.88%）。受教育程度更高、身体更健康的女性更有可能选择在线选择。在这两个队列中，完成纸质调查的女性比完成在线调查的女性更有可能在下一次调查中不参与调查。由于样本量大，几乎所有的差异都具有统计学意义，P
Background: There is increasing use of online surveys to improve data quality and timeliness and reduce costs. While there have been numerous cross-sectional studies comparing responses to online or paper surveys, there is little research from a longitudinal perspective.Objective: In the context of the well-established Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health, we examined the patterns of responses to online or paper surveys across the first two waves of the study in which both modes were offered. We compared the following: differences between women born between 1946 and 1951 and between 1973 and 1978; types of device used for online completion; sociodemographic, behavioral, and health characteristics of women who responded online or using mailed paper surveys; and associations between mode of completion in the first survey and participation and mode of completion in the second survey.Methods: Participants in this study, who had responded to regular mailed surveys since 1996, were offered a choice of completing surveys using paper questionnaires or Web-based electronic questionnaires starting in 2012. Two groups of women were involved: an older cohort born between 1946 and 1951 aged in their 60s and a younger cohort born between 1973 and 1978 aged in their 30s when the online surveys were first introduced. We compared women who responded online on both occasions, women who responded online at the first survey and used the paper version of the second survey, women who changed from paper to online, and those who used paper for both surveys.Results: Of the 9663 women in their 60s who responded to one or both surveys, more than 50% preferred paper surveys (5290/9663, 54.74%, on the first survey and 5373/8621, 62.32%, on the second survey). If they chose the online version, most used computers. In contrast, of the 8628 women in their 30s, 56.04% (4835/8628) chose the online version at the first survey. While most favored computers to phones or tablets, many did try these alternatives on the subsequent survey. Many women who completed the survey online the first time preferred the paper version on the subsequent survey. In fact, for women in their 60s, the number who went from online to paper (1151/3851, 29.89%) exceeded the number who went from paper to online (734/5290, 13.88%). The online option was more likely to be chosen by better educated and healthier women. In both cohorts, women who completed paper surveys were more likely than online completers to become nonrespondents on the next survey. Due to the large sample size, almost all differences were statistically significant, with P