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Feasibility of a daily electronic survey to study prevention behavior with HIV‐infected individuals
Author(s) -
Cook Paul F.,
McElwain Catherine J.,
BradleySpringer Lucy A.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.20381
Subject(s) - human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , medicine , data collection , gerontology , public health , activities of daily living , health records , demography , family medicine , physical therapy , health care , nursing , statistics , mathematics , sociology , economic growth , economics
The daily experiences of persons living with HIV (PLWH) are important but under‐studied as predictors of HIV prevention behavior. Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) is an intensive within‐subjects data collection method that can be used to examine daily experiences. To determine whether PLWH would participate in EMA, we conducted a feasibility study with 21 PLWH. The method was acceptable to men and women from diverse backgrounds, with 81% (17/21) completing 2 months of daily surveys, and 67% (14/21) completing 6 months. Measures were completed on 72% of study days. Only 6% of records had missing data. Daily survey completion decreased over time. Participants reported that EMA was easy and did not influence their behaviors. Results suggest EMA is feasible with PLWH. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health 33:221–234, 2010