Factors influencing the electronic capture of patient-reported contact lens performance data |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Child Health, Royal Aberdeen Children''s Hospital, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom;2. Research in Real-life Ltd, Cambridge, United Kingdom;3. Centre for Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Institute of Inflammation and Repair, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester and University Hospital of South Manchester, NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom;4. Primary Care and Population Sciences, University of Southampton and NIHR Wessex CLAHRC and NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Unit, Southampton, United Kingdom;5. Academic Primary Care, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom;1. Cincinnati Children''s Hospital and Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio;2. Global Medicines Development, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, Md;3. Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University London, London, United Kingdom;4. Department of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Emma Children''s Hospital AMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands;5. Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, and University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colo;6. Brigham and Women''s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass;7. University of Groningen, Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Tuberculosis, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands;8. Respiratory and Intensive Care Medicine, Cochin Hospital Group, AP-HP, University of Paris Descartes (EA2511), Paris, France;9. Boston Children''s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass;10. Observational and Pragmatic Research Institute Pte Ltd, Singapore;11. Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada;12. Academic Primary Care, Division of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom;1. Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, United States;2. Human Sciences Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa;3. Department of Psychiatry & Mental Health, University of Cape Town, South Africa;4. Cochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council, School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, South Africa |
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| Abstract: | PurposeElectronic data capture is becoming increasingly common for collecting real-time patient responses. The purpose of this study was to investigate compliance with a daily electronic questionnaire regarding night-time contact lens visual performance.MethodForty-eight subjects (34 females) were fit and dispensed two contralateral pairs of soft contact lenses (SCLs) for one week each. Subjects were sent a nightly e-mail at 8 PM containing a secure, individualized link to an electronic questionnaire asking 30 questions of varying response styles (e.g., multiple choice, short answer, etc.) about SCL visual performance. Subjects were instructed to complete the questionnaire before going to bed.ResultsThe overall completion rate based on 676 electronic questionnaires was 95.1%. Of these, only 3.6% were completed late (<24 h). The percentage of subjects completing all questionnaires was significantly higher on weekdays (96.5%; Sunday through Thursday) than on weekends (91.1%; Friday and Saturday). Fisher exact tests indicated no significant association with gender for either weekday (p = 0.25) or weekend (p = 0.73). Although odds ratio estimates suggested that participants 23 and older were more likely to complete the questionnaire (weekday: OR = 4.39, p = 0.10; weekend: OR = 2.93, p = 0.19), these associations did not reach statistical significance.ConclusionsE-mail based questionnaires provide an effective method for acquiring time specific responses, making them a viable clinical and research tool. The day(s) of the week on which assessments occur need to be strongly considered, as on-time compliance may be affected on weekend evenings, or possibly situations in which a typical schedule may not be followed. |
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