Use of Virtual Questionnaire and Dissemination as a Data Collection Strategy in Scientific Studies

Abstract

This study describes the use of online questionnaires and their virtual dissemination as a data collection strategy in Germany. The online questionnaire was elaborated using a virtual platform, creating a link that was disseminated in virtual environments. Participants were 100 Germans with Spina Bifida; 149 people visited the link, 83 of them coming from virtual forums, 27 from emails, 26 from social networks, ten from the German association of spina bifida site and three from the university website. With 55.7% of the participants, the virtual forum was the most agile dissemination medium to capture the data. This data collection mode should be used in future research, involving different countries, due to the speed, saving, good use of answers and help to overcome the language barrier. Public policies that support people's access to the Internet are necessary, so that these studies can be conducted successfully.

Informatics applied to health evaluation and promotion: online platform for filling in questionnaires

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Propriedades Psicométricas De Instrumentos De Medidas: Bases Conceituais E Métodos De Avaliação - Parte I

“…21 Thus, if the instrument is applied via the internet, access to it may influence both the number of respondents and the quality of responses due to lack of ability and / or difficulty in understanding the response system. 22 It is also important to mention that in the printed versions which are answered together with the interviewer, the voice intonation or the person's relationship in the respondent's care routine may influence the answers, and the longer the instrument is, the more tiresome it may be for the respondent. 3 These aspects, when not proposed in the original version, can cause important changes in the measurement.…”

Método Delphi Como Referencial Metodológico Para a Pesquisa Em Enfermagem

“…The development of scientific research has been evidenced based on a range of innovative possibilities in methodological terms, and the option for the researcher to choose among these depending on their study object, is integral to this great intellectual work. 1 In this context, studies demonstrating successful experiences in the use of widely varying methodological frameworks have assisted researchers in their choices, contributing to the quality of their production, with a view to greater consistency in the method adopted in relation to the research problem and the area investigated. Accordingly, the present study aims to assist researchers in this process of choice, and presents the Delphi method as one option as a methodological framework for research in nursing.…”