title: Data collection in a multisite project: Teleform.
abstract: Data collection, entry, validation, and management are salient time- and resource-consuming dimensions of all research projects. This is especially true for multisite studies, which pose unique, additional challenges because of their research design requirements. To save time and reduce the number of manual data entry errors, automated processing systems are becoming more widely used. Our research team chose Teleform for data entry and collection for the Smoking Cessation or Reduction in Pregnancy Trial study. This article presents our experience with this new technology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Information Systems, Statistics, and Management, Culverhouse College of Commerce, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa 35487, USA. mhardin@cha.ua.edu
authors.forename: J Michael
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Hardin
authors.forename: Lesa L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Woodby
authors.forename: Myra A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Crawford
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Windsor
authors.forename: Thomas M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000407:Alabama; D001292:Attitude to Computers; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D003628:Database Management Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D006801:Humans; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D016540:Smoking Cessation; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D014584:User-Computer Interface