An Interactive Text Message Survey as a Novel Assessment for Bedtime Routines in Public Health Research: Observational Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Traditional research approaches, especially questionnaires and paper-based assessments, limit in-depth understanding of the fluid dynamic processes associated with child well-being and development. This includes bedtime routine activities such as toothbrushing and reading a book before bed. The increase in innovative digital technologies alongside greater use and familiarity among the public creates unique opportunities to use these technical developments in research.

Objective

This study aimed to (1) examine the best way of assessing bedtime routines in families and develop an automated, interactive, text message survey assessment delivered directly to participants' mobile phones and (2) test the assessment within a predominately deprived sociodemographic sample

SUBMITTER: Kitsaras G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7781795 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature