Issues in Nursing: Strategies for an Internet-Based, Computer-Assisted Telephone Survey.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Piamjariyakul, Uboirat; Bott, Marjorie J.; Taunton, Roma Lee
- Source
- Western Journal of Nursing Research. Aug2006, Vol. 28 Issue 5, p602-609. 8p.
- Subject
- *LONG-term care facilities
*TELEPHONE surveys
*HEALTH facilities
*LONG-term health care
*NURSING care facilities
- Language
- ISSN
- 0193-9459
The study describes the design and implementation of an Internet-based, computed-assisted telephone survey about the care-planning process in 107 long-term care facilities in the Midwest. Two structured telephone surveys were developed to interview the care planning coordinators and their team members. Question mark Perception Software Version 3 was used to develop the surveys in a wide range of formats. The responses were drawn into a database that was exported to a spreadsheet format and converted to a statistical format by the Information Technology team. Security of the database was protected. Training sessions were provided to project staff. The interviews were tape-recorded for the quality checks. The inter-rater reliabilities were above 95% to 100% agreement. Investigators should consider using Internet-based survey tools, especially for multisite studies that allow access to larger samples at less cost. Exploring multiple software systems for the best fit to the study requirements is essential. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]