Institute for Translational Research in Children's Mental Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, MN, USA.
Addiction. 2021 Jan;116(1):191-199. doi: 10.1111/add.15158. Epub 2020 Jul 8.
The experiment tested the effects of a web-push survey research protocol, compared with the standard mailed paper-and-pencil protocol, among young adults aged 19-30 years in the 'Monitoring the Future' (MTF) longitudinal study.
DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: The US-based MTF study has measured substance use trends among young adults in panel samples followed biennially, using consistent mailed survey procedures from 1977 to 2017. In 2018, young adult participants in the MTF longitudinal component scheduled to be surveyed at ages 19-30 in 2018 (from high school senior cohorts of 2006-17, n = 14 709) were randomly assigned to receive the standard mail/paper survey procedures or new web-push procedures.
Primary outcomes were responding to the survey and prevalence estimates for past 30-day use of alcohol, cigarettes, marijuana and illicit drugs.
The web-push response rate was 39.07% [95% confidence interval (CI) = 37.889, 40.258]; this was significantly better than the standard MTF response rate of 35.12% (95% CI = 33.964, 36.285). After adjusting for covariates, the web-push condition was associated with a 19% increase in the odds of responding compared with standard MTF (adjusted odds ratio = 1.188; 95% CI = 1.096, 1.287). Substance use prevalence estimates were very similar and differences became negligible when using attrition weights and controlling for socio-demographic characteristics.
The web-push protocol produced a higher response rate than the mailed pencil and paper protocol in the Monitoring the Future panel study, without substantially affecting estimates of substance use once attrition weights and socio-demographic variables were factored in.
该实验测试了网络推送调查研究方案的效果，该方案与“监测未来”（MTF）纵向研究中 19-30 岁的年轻人标准邮寄纸笔协议进行了比较。
设计、设置和参与者：美国 MTF 研究使用一致的邮寄调查程序，从 1977 年到 2017 年，对青年成年人的物质使用趋势进行了面板样本跟踪测量。2018 年，MTF 纵向研究部分的年轻成年人参与者计划在 2018 年（来自 2006-17 年高中高年级队列，n=14709）在 19-30 岁时接受调查，他们被随机分配接受标准邮件/纸质调查程序或新的网络推送程序。
主要结果是调查的回应率和过去 30 天使用酒精、香烟、大麻和非法药物的流行率估计值。
网络推送的回复率为 39.07%（95%置信区间[CI]=37.889，40.258）；显著高于标准 MTF 回复率 35.12%（95% CI=33.964，36.285）。在调整协变量后，与标准 MTF 相比，网络推送条件与回应的可能性增加 19%相关（调整后的优势比[OR]=1.188；95% CI=1.096，1.287）。物质使用流行率估计值非常相似，当使用损耗权重并控制社会人口特征时，差异变得微不足道。
网络推送协议在“监测未来”小组研究中产生了比邮寄纸笔协议更高的回复率，而在考虑损耗权重和社会人口变量后，对物质使用的估计值没有实质性影响。
