Assessing clients in their natural environments with electronic diaries: Rationale, benefits, limitations, and barriers
Assessing clients in their natural environments with electronic diaries: Rationale, benefits, limitations, and barriers
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DOI：
10.1037/1040-3590.19.1.25
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发表时间：
2007-03-01
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Trull, Timothy J.
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作者：
Piasecki, Thomas M.;Hufford, Michael R.;Trull, Timothy J.
移动的技术越来越多地用于基础研究和临床研究中收集日记数据。本文认为，电子日记（艾德）的方法在临床评估的整合相关的问题。ED可用于收集有关客户日常经验的丰富信息，帮助诊断，治疗计划，治疗实施和治疗评估。作者回顾了使用日记方法以及回顾性评估的益处，并回顾了评估ED是否比传统的、更便宜的纸笔日记产生更高质量的数据的研究。实际的解释，包括什么平台可以用来实现ED，他们应该有什么功能，并在设计日记协议采样不同类型的临床现象的考虑因素进行了说明。作者简要地举例说明了一些方法，其中艾德数据可以总结为临床使用。最后，作者考虑了临床采用ED的障碍。随着临床医生越来越熟悉日记设计的逻辑;随着软件包的发展以满足临床医生的需求;以及随着移动的技术变得无处不在、强大且廉价，ED可能会成为常规临床评估中越来越受欢迎的工具。
Increasingly, mobile technologies are used to gather diary data in basic research and clinical studies. This article considers issues relevant to the integration of electronic diary (ED) methods in clinical assessment. EDs can be used to gather rich information regarding clients' day-to-day experiences, aiding diagnosis, treatment planning, treatment implementation, and treatment evaluation. The authors review the benefits of using diary methods in addition to retrospective assessments, and they review studies assessing whether EDs yield higher quality data than conventional, less expensive paper-pencil diaries. Practical considerations-including what platforms can be used to implement EDs, what features they should have, and considerations in designing diary protocols for sampling different types of clinical phenomena-are described. The authors briefly illustrate with examples some ways in which ED data could be summarized for clinical use. Finally, the authors consider barriers to clinical adoption of EDs. EDs are likely to become increasingly popular tools in routine clinical assessment as clinicians become more familiar with the logic of diary designs; as software packages evolve to meet the needs of clinicians; and as mobile technologies become ubiquitous, robust, and inexpensive.