Comparison of Survey Methods in Norovirus Outbreak Investigation, Oregon, USA, 2009

We compared data from an Internet-based survey and a telephone-based survey during a 2009 norovirus outbreak in Oregon. Survey initiation, timeliness of response, and attack rates were comparable, but participants were less likely to complete Internet questions. Internet-based surveys permit efficie...

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Autores principales: Oh, John Y., Bancroft, June E., Cunningham, Margaret C., Keene, William E., Lyss, Sheryl B., Cieslak, Paul R., Hedberg, Katrina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3294520/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21029542
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1611.100561
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Sumario:We compared data from an Internet-based survey and a telephone-based survey during a 2009 norovirus outbreak in Oregon. Survey initiation, timeliness of response, and attack rates were comparable, but participants were less likely to complete Internet questions. Internet-based surveys permit efficient data collection but should be designed to maximize complete responses.

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