SMS versus telephone interviews for epidemiological data collection: feasibility study estimating influenza vaccination coverage in the Swedish population
SMS versus telephone interviews for epidemiological data collection: feasibility study estimating influenza vaccination coverage in the Swedish population
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DOI：
10.1007/s10654-008-9306-7
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发表时间：
2009-02-01
影响因子：
13.6
通讯作者：
Litton, Jan-Eric
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作者：
Bexelius, Christin;Merk, Hanna;Litton, Jan-Eric
这项研究比较了手机短信服务的使用和电话采访在收集流感疫苗接种自我报告数据方面的使用。通过从瑞典人口登记中随机选择，2400人被指派通过短信联系(短信组)，2150人被指派接受个人电话采访(TI组)。这两组人都被问到了三个关于流感和流感疫苗接种的问题。在短信组中发现了1,055人的移动电话号码，其中154人(占原始样本的6%；所有拥有列出的移动电话号码的人中有15%)做出了回复。在TI组中发现了1,636人的固定电话或移动电话号码，1,009人(占TI原始样本的47%；找到电话号码的人中有62%)做出了回应。通过短信收集的疫苗接种数据与通过电话采访收集的数据在统计上没有显著差异，对不同背景因素的调整也没有改变这一点。与原始样本相比，在短信组的参与者中，老年人和受教育程度较低的人的代表性不足，而在受教育程度较低的组中，老年人的代表性不足。尽管参与率很低，但与电话采访相比，短信是收集瑞典人口疫苗接种状况数据信息的可行方法。
This study compared the use of Short Message Service (SMS) on mobile phones and the use of telephone interviews in collecting self-reported data about influenza vaccination. Through random selection from the Swedish population registry, 2,400 individuals were assigned to be contacted through SMS (SMS-group), and 2,150 were assigned to undergo personal telephone interviews (TI-group). Both groups were asked three questions about influenza and influenza vaccination. Mobile phone numbers were found for 1,055 persons in the SMS-group of whom 154 (6% of the original sample; 15% of all who had a listed mobile phone number) responded. Landline or mobile phone numbers were found for 1,636 persons in the TI-group and 1,009 (47% of the original TI sample; 62% of those where a telephone number was found) responded. The vaccination data collected via SMS was not statistically significantly different from data collected through telephone interviews, and adjustment for different background factors did not change this. Compared to the original sample, there was an under representation of elderly and less educated individuals among the participants in the SMS-group, and under representation of less educated in the TI-group. Though the participation rate was low, SMS is a feasible method for collection of information on vaccination status data among the Swedish population compared to telephone interviews.