Fernandes April, Skinner Martie L, Woelfel Tiffany, Carpenter Thomas, Haggerty Kevin P
Department of Sociology, University of Washington.
Social Development Research Group, University of Washington.
Field methods. 2013 Feb 1;25(1). doi: 10.1177/1525822X12453526.
Collecting saliva is the most noninvasive way to detect changing levels of cortisol (Adam & Kumari, 2009; Soo-Quee Koh & Choon-Huat Koh, 2007), a stress hormone of interest to behavioral and health scientists, where there are benefits from multiple samples taken over a period of days. Various self-collection strategies have been employed, ranging from treated cards to cotton swabs and passive drool methods. The current study investigates the effectiveness of a variety of reminder techniques in encouraging adherence with procedures requiring 4 samples per day on 3 separate days of passive drool collection among African American and European American young adults. The findings suggest that direct texts were associated with the greatest level of adherence, while phone reminders were most effective when controlling for total number of contacts. Results indicate that both traditional and novel reminder methods can positively influence adherence, even with challenging populations.
收集唾液是检测皮质醇水平变化最无创的方法（亚当和库马里，2009年；苏-奎· Koh和春华· Koh，2007年），皮质醇是行为和健康科学家感兴趣的一种应激激素，在几天内采集多个样本有诸多益处。已经采用了各种自我收集策略，从处理过的卡片到棉签以及被动流口水方法。本研究调查了多种提醒技术在鼓励非裔美国人和欧裔美国年轻人在三天分别进行被动流口水收集、每天需要采集四个样本的程序中的依从性方面的有效性。研究结果表明，直接短信与最高水平的依从性相关，而在控制联系总数时，电话提醒最有效。结果表明，即使对于具有挑战性的人群，传统和新颖的提醒方法都可以对依从性产生积极影响。
