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Face-To-Face Interviews Versus Internet Surveys: Comparison of Two Data Collection Methods in the Rome Foundation Global Epidemiology Study: Implications for Population-Based Research Publisher Pubmed



Sperber AD1 ; Bor S2 ; Fang X3 ; Bangdiwala SI4, 5 ; Drossman DA6 ; Ghoshal UC7 ; Simren M8, 9 ; Tack J8, 10 ; Whitehead WE9 ; Dumitrascu DL11 ; Fukudo S12 ; Kellow J13 ; Okeke E14 ; Quigley EMM15 Show All Authors
Authors
  1. Sperber AD1
  2. Bor S2
  3. Fang X3
  4. Bangdiwala SI4, 5
  5. Drossman DA6
  6. Ghoshal UC7
  7. Simren M8, 9
  8. Tack J8, 10
  9. Whitehead WE9
  10. Dumitrascu DL11
  11. Fukudo S12
  12. Kellow J13
  13. Okeke E14
  14. Quigley EMM15
  15. Schmulson M16
  16. Whorwell P17
  17. Archampong T18
  18. Adibi P19
  19. Andresen V20
  20. Benninga MA21
  21. Bonaz B22
  22. Fernandez LB23
  23. Choi SC24
  24. Corazziari ES25
  25. Francisconi C26
  26. Hani A27
  27. Lazebnik L28
  28. Lee YY29
  29. Mulak A30
  30. Rahman MM31
  31. Santos J32
  32. Setshedi M33
  33. Syam AF34
  34. Vanner S35
  35. Wong RK36
  36. Lopezcolombo A37
  37. Costa V27
  38. Dickman R38
  39. Kanazawa M12
  40. Keshteli AH39
  41. Khatun R4
  42. Maleki I40
  43. Poitras P41
  44. Pratap N42
  45. Stefanyuk O28
  46. Thomson S33
  47. Buyruk M2
  48. Unal N2
  49. Huang D43
  50. Song J44
  51. Hreinsson JP8
  52. Palsson OS9
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Authors Affiliations
  1. 1. Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
  2. 2. Ege University School of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Izmir, Bornova, Turkey
  3. 3. Department of Gastroenterology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
  4. 4. Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
  5. 5. Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
  6. 6. Center for Functional GI & Motility Disorders, University of North Carolina, Center for Education and Practice of Biopsychosocial Care, and Drossman Gastroenterology, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
  7. 7. Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI), Lucknow, India
  8. 8. Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
  9. 9. Center for Functional GI and Motility Disorders, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
  10. 10. Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders (TARGID), University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
  11. 11. Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
  12. 12. Department of Behavioral Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
  13. 13. Discipline of Medicine, Northern Clinical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
  14. 14. Department of Medicine, University of Jos, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Nigeria
  15. 15. Lynda K and David M Underwood Center for Digestive Disorder, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Houston Methodist Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical College, Houston, TX, United States
  16. 16. Laboratory of Liver, Pancreas and Motility (HIPAM), Unit of Research in Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico
  17. 17. Neurogastroenterology Unit, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom
  18. 18. Department of Medicine, University of Ghana School of Medicine and Dentistry, Accra, Ghana
  19. 19. Gastroenterology and Hepatology Research Center, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
  20. 20. Department of Medicine, Israelitic Hospital, Hamburg, Germany
  21. 21. Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  22. 22. Service d'Hepato-Gastroenterologie, CHU Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
  23. 23. Centro Medico Dr. Bustos Fernandez, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  24. 24. Department of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan, South Korea
  25. 25. IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Italy
  26. 26. Department of Internal Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Gastroenterology Division, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
  27. 27. Gastroenterology Unit, Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia
  28. 28. Department of Therapy and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Internal Medicine, Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry, Moscow, Russian Federation
  29. 29. School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Kota Bharu, Malaysia
  30. 30. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
  31. 31. Dhaka Medical College & Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  32. 32. Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Autonomous University of Barcelona & Neuro-Inmuno-Gastroenterology Lab, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain & Centro de Investigacion Biomedica en Red de Enfermedades Hepaticas y Digestivas (CIBERHED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
  33. 33. Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
  34. 34. Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia/Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia
  35. 35. Gastrointestinal Diseases Research Unit, Kingston Health Science Centre, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
  36. 36. Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore City, Singapore
  37. 37. UMAE Hospital de Especialidades C.M.N. Manuel Avila Camacho, Pue, Puebla, Mexico
  38. 38. Division of Gastroenterology, Rabin Medical Center, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv, Israel
  39. 39. CEGIIR-Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
  40. 40. Gut and Liver Research Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
  41. 41. CHUM, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Canada
  42. 42. KIMS Hospitals, Secunderabad, India
  43. 43. Department of Gastroenterology, The People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning, China
  44. 44. Division of Gastroenterology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Source: Neurogastroenterology and Motility Published:2023


Abstract

Background and Aims: The Rome Foundation Global Epidemiology Study (RFGES) assessed the prevalence, burden, and associated factors of Disorders of Gut–Brain Interaction (DGBI) in 33 countries around the world. Achieving worldwide sampling necessitated use of two different surveying methods: In-person household interviews (9 countries) and Internet surveys (26 countries). Two countries, China and Turkey, were surveyed with both methods. This paper examines the differences in the survey results with the two methods, as well as likely reasons for those differences. Methods: The two RFGES survey methods are described in detail, and differences in DGBI findings summarized for household versus Internet surveys globally, and in more detail for China and Turkey. Logistic regression analysis was used to elucidate factors contributing to these differences. Results: Overall, DGBI were only half as prevalent when assessed with household vs Internet surveys. Similar patterns of methodology-related DGBI differences were seen within both China and Turkey, but prevalence differences between the survey methods were dramatically larger in Turkey. No clear reasons for outcome differences by survey method were identified, although greater relative reduction in bowel and anorectal versus upper gastrointestinal disorders when household versus Internet surveying was used suggests an inhibiting influence of social sensitivity. Conclusions: The findings strongly indicate that besides affecting data quality, manpower needs and data collection time and costs, the choice of survey method is a substantial determinant of symptom reporting and DGBI prevalence outcomes. This has important implications for future DGBI research and epidemiological research more broadly. © 2023 The Authors. Neurogastroenterology & Motility published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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