TY - JOUR
T1 - Feasibility, acceptability, and usability of web-based data collection in parents of children with cancer
AU - Pyke-Grimm, Kimberly A.
AU - Kelly, Katherine P.
AU - Stewart, Janet L.
AU - Meza, Jane
PY - 2011/7
Y1 - 2011/7
N2 - Purpose/ Objectives: To determine the feasibility of Web-based, multisite data collection using electronic instruments and the feasibility, acceptability, and usability of that data collection method to parents of children with cancer. Design: Prototype development and feasibility study. Setting: Three Children's Oncology Group centers in the United States. Sample: 20 parents of children with cancer who made a treatment decision within the previous six months. Methods: Eight instruments were translated from print to electronic format and deployed using a secure Web-based server. Parents completed printed versions of two of the instruments to assess comparability of the two formats. A post-survey interview focused on parents' computer experiences and the acceptability and ease of use of the instruments. Main Research Variables: Time to orient parent to Web site, time to complete instruments, investigators' field notes, and postsurvey questionnaire. Findings: Eighty percent of parents preferred the Web-based data collection and found it at least as easy as completing paper-and-pencil instruments. All parents, regardless of their computer expertise, were comfortable with the electronic data collection system. Statistical analysis demonstrated no evidence of systematic or clinically significant bias. Conclusions: The Web-based data collection was feasible, reliable, and preferred by most study participants. The authors will use this strategy in future intervention trials of parents making treatment decisions. Implications for Nursing: Web-based data entry is feasible and acceptable to parents of children with cancer. Future multicenter collaborative studies should develop and test nursing interventions to support parents making treatment decisions.
AB - Purpose/ Objectives: To determine the feasibility of Web-based, multisite data collection using electronic instruments and the feasibility, acceptability, and usability of that data collection method to parents of children with cancer. Design: Prototype development and feasibility study. Setting: Three Children's Oncology Group centers in the United States. Sample: 20 parents of children with cancer who made a treatment decision within the previous six months. Methods: Eight instruments were translated from print to electronic format and deployed using a secure Web-based server. Parents completed printed versions of two of the instruments to assess comparability of the two formats. A post-survey interview focused on parents' computer experiences and the acceptability and ease of use of the instruments. Main Research Variables: Time to orient parent to Web site, time to complete instruments, investigators' field notes, and postsurvey questionnaire. Findings: Eighty percent of parents preferred the Web-based data collection and found it at least as easy as completing paper-and-pencil instruments. All parents, regardless of their computer expertise, were comfortable with the electronic data collection system. Statistical analysis demonstrated no evidence of systematic or clinically significant bias. Conclusions: The Web-based data collection was feasible, reliable, and preferred by most study participants. The authors will use this strategy in future intervention trials of parents making treatment decisions. Implications for Nursing: Web-based data entry is feasible and acceptable to parents of children with cancer. Future multicenter collaborative studies should develop and test nursing interventions to support parents making treatment decisions.
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U2 - 10.1188/11.ONF.428-435
DO - 10.1188/11.ONF.428-435
M3 - Article
C2 - 21708533
AN - SCOPUS:79959848855
SN - 0190-535X
VL - 38
SP - 428
EP - 435
JO - Oncology nursing forum
JF - Oncology nursing forum
IS - 4
ER -