A randomized comparison of three data collection models for the measurement of parent experiences with diabetes outpatient care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The objective of this study was to compare three data collection methods for the measurement of parent experiences with hospital outpatient care for child and adolescent diabetes, based on a randomised national trial in Norway involving both pen-and-paper and electronic response options.

Methods

The sample frame was patients registered in the Norwegian Childhood Diabetes Registry. Parents of patients were randomised into the following groups (n = 2606): group A, who were posted questionnaires with only a pen-and-paper response option (n = 859); group B, who were posted questionnaires with both an electronic and a pen-and-paper response option (n = 886); and group C, who were posted questionnaires with only an electronic response option (n = 861). The three groups

SUBMITTER: Bjertnaes O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6149010 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature