Comparison of a traditional questionnaire with an icon/calendar-based questionnaire to assess occupational history
Comparison of a traditional questionnaire with an icon/calendar-based questionnaire to assess occupational history
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DOI：
10.1002/ajim.1118.abs
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发表时间：
2001-11-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Zahm, SH
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作者：
Engel, LS;Keifer, MC;Zahm, SH
背景在许多职业流行病学研究中，自我报告的工作经历是估计暴露的重要工具。然而，一些职业的短暂性，如农场工作，可能会阻碍回忆，导致不准确的报告。为了解决这个问题，我们开发了一个基于图标/图标的问卷。本研究比较了通过这种问卷收集的工作历史，通过传统的questionnaire.Methods收集的89农场工人和非农场工人进行了两次访谈，8-10个月，他们的终身就业。在第一次面试中，受试者被要求叙述他们的整个工作历史，从面试日期开始，并在时间上向后移动（“传统问卷”）。在第二次访谈中，受试者首先被问及重要的生活事件，这些事件被记录在日历上的图标上。然后，他们被要求讲述他们的工作经历，这些经历被记录下来，一份工作一份工作，日历上的图标（“图标日历问卷”）。结果使用图标-日历式问卷较传统问卷，从访谈之日起差距随时间增大。传统问卷中的工作数量与图标日历问卷中的工作数量之比从最近时间段的100.0%下降到最早时间段的0.0%。虽然在图标日历问卷中，就业解释的时间百分比在各个时间段保持相对稳定，从86.3%到98.9%不等，但在传统问卷中，它随着时间的推移而迅速下降，从最近一段时间的77.9%下降到最早一段时间的0.0%。日历问卷比传统问卷更有效地获得复杂的工作历史在采访中，产生一个更完整的图片一个人的工作历史。出版于2001年Wiley-Liss，Inc.
Background Self-reported work histories are an essential tool for estimating exposure in many occupational epidemiologic studies. However, the transience of some occupations such as farm work can hamper recall, resulting in inaccurate reporting. To address this problem, we have developed an icon/calendar-based questionnaire. This study compares work histories collected via this questionnaire to those collected via a traditional questionnaire.Methods Eighty-nine farmworkers and non-farmworkers were interviewed twice, 8-10 months apart, about their lifetime employment. In the first interview, subjects were asked to recount their entire work history, starting from the interview date and moving backwards in time ("traditional questionnaire"). In the second interview, subjects were first asked about important life events, which were recorded with icons on a calendar They were then asked to recount their work history, which was recorded, job-by-job, on the calendar with icons ("icon-calendar questionnaire").Results Number of jobs and amount of work time accounted for since first employment were significantly greater using the icon-calendar questionnaire than the traditional questionnaire, the disparity increasing with time from the date of interview. The ratio of number of jobs in the traditional questionnaire to number of jobs in the icon-calendar questionnaire decreased from 100.0% in the most recent time period to 0.0% in the earliest time period. While the percentage of time explained by employment remained relatively constant across time periods in the icon-calendar questionnaire, ranging from 86.3 to 98.9%, it rapidly decreased with time in the traditional questionnaire, from 77.9% in the most recent time period to 0.0% in the earliest time period.Conclusions The icon-calendar questionnaire was more effective than the traditional questionnaire for obtaining complex work histories during interviews, producing a more complete picture of a person's work history. published 2001 Wiley-Liss, Inc.