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Lessons Learned From an Online Study with Dual-smoker Couples.

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Choi, SH; Mitchell, J; Lipkus, I
Published in: American journal of health behavior
January 2017

In this paper we present lessons learned from an online study assessing couples' health behaviors.We conducted an online cross-sectional study to assess health behaviors of dual-smoker couples. Participants were recruited via passive and targeted methods. Data were collected from 77 (pre-safeguard) and 197 (post-safeguard) participants. Safeguards included: (1) changing the incentive from prepaid card to raffle; (2) allowing only one IP address per response; (3) masking eligibility; (4) adding multiple questions to ensure consistency in responses; and (5) emphasizing data surveillance. We computed descriptive statistics using SAS 9.4 to compare enrollment rates and validity of data between the pre- and post-safeguard participants.Although 77 entries were collected within 24 hours (presafeguards), 5 responses were ineligible and excluded. Among the remaining 72 entries, 68.1 were fraudulent as either multiple data entries (24.5) and/or conflict in responses to similar survey items (83.7). Once safeguards were administered (post-safeguards), data collection took longer to obtain 297 participants, which included 27 ineligibles. Among the 270 eligible participants, 35.9 were fraudulent due to conflicting responses to similar survey items.Online data collection via surveys should use safeguards to capture valid data. Many safeguards exist, which researchers should consider when designing online survey projects.

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American journal of health behavior

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1945-7359

ISSN

1087-3244

Publication Date

January 2017

Volume

41

Issue

1

Start / End Page

61 / 66

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Smoking
  • Public Health
  • Male
  • Internet
  • Humans
  • Health Behavior
  • Female
  • Family Characteristics
 

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Choi, S. H., Mitchell, J., & Lipkus, I. (2017). Lessons Learned From an Online Study with Dual-smoker Couples. American Journal of Health Behavior, 41(1), 61–66. https://doi.org/10.5993/ajhb.41.1.6
Choi, Seung Hee, Jason Mitchell, and Isaac Lipkus. “Lessons Learned From an Online Study with Dual-smoker Couples.American Journal of Health Behavior 41, no. 1 (January 2017): 61–66. https://doi.org/10.5993/ajhb.41.1.6.
Choi SH, Mitchell J, Lipkus I. Lessons Learned From an Online Study with Dual-smoker Couples. American journal of health behavior. 2017 Jan;41(1):61–6.
Choi, Seung Hee, et al. “Lessons Learned From an Online Study with Dual-smoker Couples.American Journal of Health Behavior, vol. 41, no. 1, Jan. 2017, pp. 61–66. Epmc, doi:10.5993/ajhb.41.1.6.
Choi SH, Mitchell J, Lipkus I. Lessons Learned From an Online Study with Dual-smoker Couples. American journal of health behavior. 2017 Jan;41(1):61–66.

Published In

American journal of health behavior

DOI

EISSN

1945-7359

ISSN

1087-3244

Publication Date

January 2017

Volume

41

Issue

1

Start / End Page

61 / 66

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Smoking
  • Public Health
  • Male
  • Internet
  • Humans
  • Health Behavior
  • Female
  • Family Characteristics