Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Research Protocols
Date Submitted: Apr 3, 2018
Open Peer Review Period: Apr 5, 2018 - Jun 19, 2018
Date Accepted: Oct 13, 2018
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Data Quality and Cost-Effectiveness Analyses of Electronic and Paper-Based Interviewer-Administered Public Health Surveys: Protocol for a Systematic Review
ABSTRACT
Background:
Population-level survey (PLS) is an essential standard method used in public health research to quantify sociodemographic events and support public health policy development and intervention designs with evidence. Though all components can contribute to generating information with right data quality parameters, data collection mechanisms are usually the sources of significant blessing and curse in data quality. The use of electronic devices such as smartphones and tablet computers improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of public health surveys. However, there is lack of systematically analyzed evidence to show the potential impact of electronic-based data collection tool for improving data quality and cost reduction in interviewer-administered surveys
Objective:
This systematic review aims to evaluate the impact of interviewer-administered electronic device data collection methods concerning data quality and cost reduction in PLS compared to the traditional paper-based methods
Methods:
A systematic search will be conducted on MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, AMED, Global Health, TRIP, ISI and Web of Science for studies from 2007 to 2018 to identify relevant studies. The review will include randomized and non-randomized studies that examine data quality and cost reduction outcomes. Moreover, usability, user experience, and related user parameters from the same study will be summarized. Two independent authors will screen title and abstract and the quality of the data with third person involvement for disagreement. If the studies are considered to be combinable, meta-analysis will be performed
Results:
The preliminary search in Pubmed and Web of Science search showed 1,491 and 979 hits respectlively. The review protocol will be registered with the International Prospective Register for Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO
Conclusions:
The systematic review will inform policymakers, investors, researchers, and technologists about the impact of electronic-based data collection system for data quality and cost reduction. In particular, it will focus on metrics to determine whether electronics data collection system support the data collection process, namely decreasing the error rate, increasing the work and workers efficiency and save costs
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