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Use of interactive voice response (IVR) technology in health research with children |
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| Authors: | Werner?G.?K.?Stritzke author-information" > author-information__contact u-icon-before" > mailto:werner@psy.uwa.edu.au" title=" werner@psy.uwa.edu.au" itemprop=" email" data-track=" click" data-track-action=" Email author" data-track-label=" " >Email author,Justine?Dandy,Kevin?Durkin,Stephen?Houghton |
| Affiliation: | (1) Clinical and Health Informatics Research Group, McGill University, 1140 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1A3, Canada;(2) Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, nd Occupational Health, McGill University, 1040 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1A2, Canada;(3) Division of Geriatric Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, Royal Victoria Hospital, 687 Pine Avenue West Room M8.12, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1A1, Canada;(4) Department of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medical College, 411 E.69th Street, NY, NY 10021, USA |
| Abstract: | This article reports on the feasibility of using interactive voice response (IVR) technology to obtain daily reports of attitudes toward alcohol and tobacco use among children 9–13 years of age. Two studies were conducted. The first was an investigation of the use of IVR technology to obtain daily data from a sample of primary school children over a period of 8 weeks. The second was an extension of the research to a large sample of primary and secondary school children in urban and rural areas who provided daily data over a 4-week period. Retention and compliance rates comparable to those obtained with adults were evident in both studies, supporting the feasibility of this technology with children. The results are discussed in relation to the benefits of this methodology for health research, particularly for studies of sensitive topics conducted with children and adolescents. |
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