Comparison of the Differences Between Web-Based and Traditional Questionnaire Surveys in Pediatrics: Comparative Survey

作者全名："Fang, Heping; Xian, Ruoling; Ma, Zhuoying; Lu, Mingyue; Hu, Yan"

作者地址："[Fang, Heping; Xian, Ruoling; Ma, Zhuoying; Lu, Mingyue; Hu, Yan] Chongqing Med Univ, Dept Child Hlth Care, Childrens Hosp, 136,2nd Zhongshan Rd, Chongqing, Peoples R China"

通信作者："Hu, Y (corresponding author), Chongqing Med Univ, Dept Child Hlth Care, Childrens Hosp, 136,2nd Zhongshan Rd, Chongqing, Peoples R China."

来源：JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH

ESI学科分类：CLINICAL MEDICINE

WOS号：WOS:000689731100013

JCR分区：Q1

影响因子：7.4

年份：2021

卷号：23

期号：8

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文献类型：Article

关键词：pediatrics; survey; questionnaire; web survey; comparative study

摘要："Background: A web-based survey is a novel method for data capture. Some studies have applied web-based surveys in pediatrics, but few of them have reported data on the differences between web-based and traditional questionnaire surveys. Objective: The objective of our study was to evaluate the internal consistency of a web-based survey and compare it with a traditional questionnaire survey in pediatrics. Methods: A convenience sample of caregivers was invited to participate in the survey on feeding patterns and their children's eating behaviors if their children were aged 2 to 7 years. A web-based survey and a traditional questionnaire survey were carried out between October 2018 and July 2019. A total of 1085 caregivers were involved in this study, and they were divided into the following three groups based on methods and sources: (1) web-based survey from a web source, (2) web-based survey from a hospital source, and (3) traditional questionnaire survey from a hospital source. The data were then compared and analyzed. Results: A total of 735 caregivers participated in the web-based survey and 350 caregivers participated in the traditional questionnaire survey, and 816 cases were then included in the analyses after data processing. The effective rate of the web-based survey was 70.1% (515/735), and the completeness rate of the traditional questionnaire survey was 86.0% (301/350). There were no significant differences between web-based surveys from different sources. However, demographic characteristics were significantly different between the web-based and traditional questionnaire surveys, mainly in terms of age and caregivers (chi(2)(4)=16.509, P=.002 and chi(2)(4)=111.464, P<.001, respectively). Caregivers of children aged 2 to 3 years and grandparents were more likely to respond to the web-based survey. Age-specific stratified analysis showed that the score of ""monitoring"" and the reporting rate of ""poor appetite"" in children aged 2 to 3 years were significantly higher in the web-based survey compared to the traditional questionnaire survey after adjusting for demographic characteristics. Conclusions: A web-based survey could be a feasible tool in pediatric studies. However, differences in demographic characteristics and their possible impacts on the results should be considered in the analyses."

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