A qualitative approach to guide choices for designing a diary study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Electronic diaries are increasingly used in diverse disciplines to collect momentary data on experienced feelings, cognitions, behavior and social context in real life situations. Choices to be made for an effective and feasible design are however a challenge. Careful and detailed documentation of argumentation of choosing a particular design, as well as general guidelines on how to design such studies are largely lacking in scientific papers. This qualitative study provides a systematic overview of arguments for choosing a specific diary study design (e.g. time frame) in order to optimize future design decisions.

Methods

During the first data assessment round, 47 researchers experienced in diary research from twelve different countries participated. They gave a d

SUBMITTER: Janssens KAM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6240196 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature