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A data quality control program for computer-assisted personal interviews.

Janet E Squires1, Alison M Hutchinson, Anne-Marie Bostrom

  • 1Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1H 8L6 ; School of Nursing, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1H 8M5.

Nursing Research and Practice
|January 11, 2013
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This study presents a robust data quality control program for computer-assisted personal interviews, significantly improving data reliability and minimizing errors. The program ensures valid research findings, even with extensive data collection efforts.

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Area of Science:

  • Health Services Research
  • Data Management
  • Survey Methodology

Background:

  • Ensuring data quality is crucial for the validity and reliability of research findings.
  • Computer-assisted personal interviews (CAPI) are widely used but require rigorous quality control.
  • Optimizing data quality in large-scale surveys is a persistent challenge.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe a comprehensive data quality control program for CAPI.
  • To assess the effectiveness of this program in a real-world study.
  • To demonstrate the benefits of a structured quality control approach.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a three-phase quality control program: software development, interviewer protocol, and data cleaning.
  • Applied the program to the Translating Research in Elder Care Study, collecting data over two years from 3004 healthcare aides via CAPI.
  • Assessed data quality using survey data, process data, and interviewer perceptions.

Main Results:

  • Minimal missing data and data errors were observed.
  • Key statistical measures (mean, median, standard deviation) were within acceptable ranges.
  • Interviewer adherence to protocol was high (96.6% and 96.0%), with significant improvements in interviewer perceptions of quality over time.

Conclusions:

  • The implemented data quality control program effectively maximized the quality of CAPI survey data.
  • Despite resource demands, the program's benefits in ensuring high-quality data clearly justified the investment.
  • This structured approach is valuable for enhancing the reliability of findings from large-scale interview-based studies.