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ArticleJournal of physical therapy science2017

Difference between tablet methods and paper questionnaire methods of conducting a survey with community-dwelling elderly.

Yasuaki Kusumoto, Yoshihiro Kita, Satomi Kusaka, Yoshinori Hiyama, Junko Tsuchiya, Toshiki Kutsuna, Hiroyuki Kameda, Saori Aida, Masaru Umeda, Tetsuya Takahashi

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Article in Journal of physical therapy science, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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10 authors.

Yasuaki KusumotoDepartment of Physical Therapy, Division of Health Science, Tokyo University of Technology: 5-23-22 Nishikamata, Ohta-ku, Tokyo 144-8635, Japan.
Yoshihiro KitaSchool of Computer Science, Tokyo University of Technology, Japan.
Satomi KusakaDepartment of Physical Therapy, Division of Health Science, Tokyo University of Technology: 5-23-22 Nishikamata, Ohta-ku, Tokyo 144-8635, Japan.
Yoshinori HiyamaDepartment of Physical Therapy, Division of Health Science, Tokyo University of Technology: 5-23-22 Nishikamata, Ohta-ku, Tokyo 144-8635, Japan.
Junko TsuchiyaDepartment of Physical Therapy, Division of Health Science, Tokyo University of Technology: 5-23-22 Nishikamata, Ohta-ku, Tokyo 144-8635, Japan.
Toshiki KutsunaDepartment of Physical Therapy, Division of Health Science, Tokyo University of Technology: 5-23-22 Nishikamata, Ohta-ku, Tokyo 144-8635, Japan.
Hiroyuki KamedaSchool of Computer Science, Tokyo University of Technology, Japan.
Saori AidaSchool of Computer Science, Tokyo University of Technology, Japan.
Masaru UmedaDepartment of Physical Therapy, Division of Health Science, Tokyo University of Technology: 5-23-22 Nishikamata, Ohta-ku, Tokyo 144-8635, Japan.
Tetsuya TakahashiDepartment of Physical Therapy, Division of Health Science, Tokyo University of Technology: 5-23-22 Nishikamata, Ohta-ku, Tokyo 144-8635, Japan.

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Abstract

[Purpose] This study aimed to develop a tablet app that emulates paper questionnaires used in clinical care, and to verify the difference between the utility of tablet survey methods and paper questionnaire methods with elderly people. [Subjects and Methods] A tablet app was developed in the Java language. A questionnaire was provided to 30 community-dwelling elderly people. The subjects were randomly allocated to the group responding on the tablet (tablet group) or that responding to a paper-based questionnaire (questionnaire group). Assessed items included response time to questions, whether or not they had queries regarding the survey, and data input time. For the tablet group, a questionnaire was conducted regarding the operability of the tablet. [Results] There was no difference in response time between the two groups. Significantly more people in the tablet group had queries regarding the survey. Data input time was 426 seconds for the tablet group and 1268 seconds for the questionnaire group. In the survey regarding tablet operability, there were no negative opinions about the visibility of the screen. [Conclusion] Tablets can be used with elderly people to shorten the data input time. The present findings suggested that tablet surveys could be effective for a large-scale investigation.

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ElderlyPaper questionnaireTablet survey

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PMCPMC5890209

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