Evaluation of the use of audio-enhanced personal digital assistants to survey Latino migrant farmworkers.
We describe the feasibility of audio-enhanced personal digital assistants (ADPAs) for data collection with 60 Latino migrant farmworkers. All participants chose to complete APDA surveys rather than using paper-and-pencil. No one left the study prematurely: two (3%) data cases were lost due to technical difficulties. Across all data .27% missing data were observed: nine missing responses on eight items. Participants took 19 minutes on average to complete the 58-question survey. The factor most influential for completion was education level. APDA methodology enabled both English- and Spanish-speaking Latino migrant farmworkers to become active research participants with minimal loss of data.
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106-4904, USA.
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Kilanowski
Erika S
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D000328:Adult; D000383:Agriculture; D034201:Computers, Handheld / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods*; D004522:Educational Status; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D015146:Midwestern United States; D019303:Multilingualism; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000379:methods*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D013997:Time Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data