Reliability of Self-Reported Mobile Phone Ownership in Rural North-Central Nigeria: Cross-Sectional Study.
Reliability of Self-Reported Mobile Phone Ownership in Rural North-Central Nigeria: Cross-Sectional Study.
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DOI：
10.2196/mhealth.8760
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发表时间：
2018-03-01
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5
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Ezeanolue EE
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Menson WNA;Olawepo JO;Bruno T;Gbadamosi SO;Nalda NF;Anyebe V;Ogidi A;Onoka C;Oko JO;Ezeanolue EE
移动医疗从业者寻求利用无处不在的手机来提高干预措施的影响力和稳健性，特别是在资源有限的环境中。然而，有关自我报告的手机访问可靠性的数据很少。我们试图确定尼日利亚中北部农村居民自我报告的移动电话拥有和使用情况的可靠性。我们通过电话联系了基于社区的艾滋病毒检测项目的参与者，以确定实际的而不是自我报告的手机使用情况。设计了一个电话脚本来进行这些电话并对调查结果进行描述性分析。我们拨打了 349 个号码：其中 110 个（31.5%）是由自我报告拥有手机的参与者接听的； 123个（35.2%）的电话号码根本没有响过； 28 (8.0%) 拨打电话但无人接听； 88 人（25.2%）是由参与者以外的人回答的。我们的男性参与者比例 (68/133, 51.1%) 高于女性参与者 (42/216, 19.4%; P<.001)。尼日利亚中北部农村和低收入地区自我报告的移动电话使用率高于实际使用率。这对移动医疗规划有影响，特别是对女性健康。移动医疗计划实施者和研究人员需要认识到自我报告的手机访问可靠性较低。因此，这些观察结果应影响样本量的计算，并且在可能的情况下，应建立接触研究参与者和计划受益人的替代方法。
mHealth practitioners seek to leverage the ubiquity of the mobile phone to increase the impact and robustness of their interventions, particularly in resource-limited settings. However, data on the reliability of self-reported mobile phone access is minimal. We sought to ascertain the reliability of self-reported ownership of and access to mobile phones among a population of rural dwellers in north-central Nigeria. We contacted participants in a community-based HIV testing program by phone to determine actual as opposed to self-reported mobile phone access. A phone script was designed to conduct these calls and descriptive analyses conducted on the findings. We dialed 349 numbers: 110 (31.5%) were answered by participants who self-reported ownership of the mobile phone; 123 (35.2%) of the phone numbers did not ring at all; 28 (8.0%) rang but were not answered; and 88 (25.2%) were answered by someone other than the participant. We reached a higher proportion of male participants (68/133, 51.1%) than female participants (42/216, 19.4%; P<.001). Self-reported access to mobile phones in rural and low-income areas in north-central Nigeria is higher than actual access. This has implications for mHealth programming, particularly for women’s health. mHealth program implementers and researchers need to be cognizant of the low reliability of self-reported mobile phone access. These observations should therefore affect sample-size calculations and, where possible, alternative means of reaching research participants and program beneficiaries should be established.