Online Recruitment: Feasibility, Cost, and Representativeness in a Study of Postpartum Women
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Leach, Liana S; Butterworth, Peter; Poyser, Carmel; Batterham, Philip; Farrer, Louise M
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BACKGROUND Online recruitment is feasible, low-cost, and can provide high-quality epidemiological data. However, little is known about the feasibility of recruiting postpartum women online, or sample representativeness. OBJECTIVE The current study investigates the feasibility of recruiting a population of postpartum women online for health research and examines sample representativeness. METHODS Two samples of postpartum women were compared: those recruited online as participants in a brief...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Leach, Liana S | |
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dc.contributor.author | Butterworth, Peter | |
dc.contributor.author | Poyser, Carmel | |
dc.contributor.author | Batterham, Philip | |
dc.contributor.author | Farrer, Louise M | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-02-06T03:26:57Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-02-06T03:26:57Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1439-4456 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/140391 | |
dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND Online recruitment is feasible, low-cost, and can provide high-quality epidemiological data. However, little is known about the feasibility of recruiting postpartum women online, or sample representativeness. OBJECTIVE The current study investigates the feasibility of recruiting a population of postpartum women online for health research and examines sample representativeness. METHODS Two samples of postpartum women were compared: those recruited online as participants in a brief survey of new mothers (n=1083) and those recruited face-to-face as part of a nationally representative study (n=579). Sociodemographic, general health, and mental health characteristics were compared between the two samples. RESULTS Obtaining a sample of postpartum women online for health research was highly efficient and low-cost. The online sample over-represented those who were younger (aged 25-29 years), were in a de facto relationship, had higher levels of education, spoke only English at home, and were first-time mothers. Members of the online sample were significantly more likely to have poor self-rated health and poor mental health than the nationally representative sample. Health differences remained after adjusting for sociodemographic differences. CONCLUSIONS Potential exists for feasible and low-cost e-epidemiological research with postpartum populations; however, researchers should consider the potential influence of sample nonrepresentativeness. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | This work was supported by Australian Research Council Future Fellowship #FT13101444, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Early Career Fellowship #1035803, and NHMRC Career Development Fellowship #1083311. HILDA was initiated and funded by the Australian Department of Social Services (DSS) and is managed by The Melbourne Institute for Applied Economic and Social Research. | |
dc.format | 5 pages | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.publisher | Journal of Medical Internet Research | |
dc.rights | © Journal of Medical Internet Research. http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/1439-4456/Author can archive publisher's version/PDF. On any website and institutional repository (Sherpa/Romeo 6/2/2018) | |
dc.source | Journal of medical Internet research | |
dc.subject | internet | |
dc.subject | feasibility | |
dc.subject | online | |
dc.subject | postpartum | |
dc.subject | recruitment | |
dc.subject | representativeness | |
dc.subject | adult | |
dc.subject | feasibility studies | |
dc.subject | female | |
dc.subject | humans | |
dc.subject | surveys and questionnaires | |
dc.subject | internet | |
dc.subject | patient selection | |
dc.subject | postpartum period | |
dc.title | Online Recruitment: Feasibility, Cost, and Representativeness in a Study of Postpartum Women | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 19 | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-03-08 | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | u6084937xPUB90 | |
local.publisher.url | http://www.jmir.org/ | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Leach, Liana S., Centre for Research on Ageing, Health & Wellbeing, Research School of Population Health, The Australian National University | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Poyer, Carmel, Centre for Mental Health Research, CHM Research School of Population Health, The Australian National University | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Batterham, Philip J., National Institute for Mental Health Research, CMBE Research School of Population Health, The Australian National University | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Farrer, Louise M., National Institute for Mental Health Research, CMBE Research School of Population Health, The Australian National University | |
dc.relation | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT13101444 | |
dc.relation | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1035803 | |
dc.relation | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1083311 | |
local.identifier.essn | 1438-8871 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 3 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | e61 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.2196/jmir.5745 | |
dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | |
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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