Balza Joanna S, Cusatis Rachel, McDonnell Siobhan M, Basir Mir A, Flynn Kathryn E
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
J Neonatal Perinatal Med. 2022;15(2):345-349. doi: 10.3233/NPM-210848.
Cognitive interviewing is a technique that can be used to improve and refine questionnaire items. We describe the basic methodology of cognitive interviewing and illustrate its utility through our experience using cognitive interviews to refine a questionnaire assessing parental understanding of concepts related to preterm birth.
Cognitive interviews were conducted using current best practices. Results were analyzed by the multidisciplinary research team and questionnaire items that were revealed to be problematic were revised.
Revisions to the questionnaire items were made to improve clarity and to elicit responses that truly reflected the participants understanding of the concept.
Cognitive interviewing is a useful methodology for improving validity of questionnaire items, we recommend researchers developing new questionnaire items design and complete cognitive interviews to improve their items and increase confidence in study conclusions.
认知访谈是一种可用于改进和完善问卷项目的技术。我们描述了认知访谈的基本方法,并通过我们使用认知访谈来完善一份评估父母对早产相关概念理解的问卷的经验,来说明其效用。
采用当前最佳实践进行认知访谈。多学科研究团队对结果进行分析,并对显示有问题的问卷项目进行修订。
对问卷项目进行了修订,以提高清晰度,并引出能真正反映参与者对概念理解的回答。
认知访谈是提高问卷项目效度的一种有用方法,我们建议研究人员在设计新的问卷项目时进行并完成认知访谈,以改进项目并增强对研究结论的信心。