Digital questionnaire platform in The Danish Blood Donor Study

Highlights The Danish Blood Donor Study was established in 2010 and by the fall of 2015, 100,000 Danish blood donors had been included. At inclusion, plasma and blood for DNA analyses are collected and saved in the biobank and all participating donors have completed a four-page paper-based questionn...

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Published in:Computer methods and programs in biomedicine 2016-10, Vol.135, p.101-104
Main Authors: Burgdorf, KS, Felsted, N, Mikkelsen, S, Nielsen, MH, Thørner, LW, Pedersen, OB, Sørensen, E, Nielsen, KR, Bruun, MT, Werge, T, Erikstrup, C, Hansen, T, Ullum, H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Blood Donors
Data collection
Denmark
Epidemiology
Female
Humans
Internal Medicine
Male
MeSH
Methods
Other
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:Highlights The Danish Blood Donor Study was established in 2010 and by the fall of 2015, 100,000 Danish blood donors had been included. At inclusion, plasma and blood for DNA analyses are collected and saved in the biobank and all participating donors have completed a four-page paper-based questionnaire on health related issues. To be more cost-effective, we have developed and implemented a digital tablet-based questionnaire platform, using the open source survey software tool LimeSurvey. Here we describe the details of methods for the platform which enables a faster and more flexible procedure to collect valid questionnaire data from participating donors. The platform consists of free and open source software that can be acquired at little or no cost. The overall system can be used around the world by the use of internet connection, but the level of security depends on the sensitivity of the data to be collected.
ISSN:0169-2607
1872-7565
DOI:10.1016/j.cmpb.2016.07.023