Stacey Crane, PhD, RN, CPON, is Assistant Professor, Cizik School of Nursing, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston. Robert Skipworth Comer, MS, is Research Associate, Media Arts and Science, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Andrew D. Arenson, BA, is Principal Programmer/Analyst, Pervasive Technology Institute, Indiana University, Indianapolis. Claire Draucker, PhD, RN, FAAN, is the Angela Barron McBride Professor, Indiana University School of Nursing, Indianapolis.
Nurs Res. 2019 Nov/Dec;68(6):483-487. doi: 10.1097/NNR.0000000000000367.
Limited guidelines to assist nurse researchers who use web-based interventions are available. Nurses must develop the supporting technology enabling participants to complete study activities and collected data while maintaining data security and participant confidentiality.
The aim of the study was to describe how the authors used advanced Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) functionality to support the data management infrastructure of an interactive, web-based therapeutic intervention.
The data management infrastructure for the WISER (Writing to Improve Self-in-Relationships) intervention pilot study consisted of two components: a website for presentation of the intervention and participant account management and a REDCap project for data capture and storage. The REDCap application programming interface connected these two components using HTML links and data exchanges.
We completed an initial pilot study of WISER with 14 participants using the REDCap-based infrastructure. Minimal technical difficulties were encountered.
REDCap is cost-effective, is readily available, and, through its advanced functionality, is able to facilitate confidential, secure interactions with participants, robust data management, and seamless participant progression in web-based intervention research.
目前仅有有限的指南可用于协助使用基于网络的干预措施的护士研究人员。护士必须开发支持技术,使参与者能够完成研究活动并收集数据,同时保持数据安全和参与者的机密性。
本研究旨在描述作者如何利用先进的 Research Electronic Data Capture(REDCap)功能来支持交互式基于网络的治疗干预措施的数据管理基础架构。
WISER(通过写作改善人际关系)干预试验研究的数据管理基础架构由两个组件组成:一个用于呈现干预措施和参与者账户管理的网站,以及一个用于数据捕获和存储的 REDCap 项目。REDCap 应用程序编程接口使用 HTML 链接和数据交换将这两个组件连接起来。
我们使用基于 REDCap 的基础架构完成了 WISER 的初步试点研究,共有 14 名参与者参与。仅遇到了一些微小的技术困难。
REDCap 具有成本效益,易于获得,并且通过其高级功能,能够促进与参与者进行保密、安全的互动、强大的数据管理以及在基于网络的干预研究中无缝的参与者进展。