Frits van Griensven|Sataphana Naorat|Peter H. Kilmarx|Supaporn Jeeyapant|Chomnad Manopaiboon|Supaporn Chaikummao|Richard A. Jenkins|Wat Uthaivoravit|Punneporn Wasinrapee|Philip A. Mock|Jordan W. Tappero
Palmtop-assisted Self-Interviewing for the Collection of Sensitive Behavioral Data: Randomized Trial with Drug Use Urine Testing
Ministry of Public Health
palmtopassisted selfinterviewing pasi may provide cheaper mobile alternative audiocomputerassisted selfinterviewing acasi collecting sensitive behavioral data evaluate pasi late 2002 authors enrolled 1283 thai students aged 1521 years randomized trial data collection used pasi acasi selfadministered questionnaire facetoface interview combination druguse urine testing use reported levels behaviors agreement selfreports smoking urine test results pasi acasi alpha 005 compared noninferiority pasi interview compared superiority alpha 005 noninferiority pasi demonstrated use selfreports sensitive areas sexual behavior eg oral sex sexual intercourse commercial sex history genital ulcers pregnancy well selfreports less sensitive behaviors eg alcohol use dietary behaviors symptoms depression data generally showed noninferiority pasi acasi selfadministered questionnaires compared superiority pasi acasi selfadministered questionnaires compared interviews pasi agreements selfreports tobacco smoking presence nicotine metabolites urine noninferior acasi superior interviews establishment pasi noninferiority superiority using behavioral biologic measures suggests pasi scientifically acceptable alternative collecting sensitive behavioral data