ArticleSubstance abuse2020
On the efficacy of online drug surveys during the time of COVID-19.
Article in Substance abuse, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
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12 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Challenging the Continued Usefulness of Social Media Recruitment for Surveys of Hidden Populations of People Who Use Opioids.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- The use of online methods to recruit and follow a hard-to-reach population in the Peer Alternatives for Addiction Study 2021 Cohort.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2024Article
- Designing, Conducting, and Reporting Survey Studies: A Primer for Researchers.Journal of Korean medical science · 2023Review
- Differences in demographics and behaviors across two web-based survey platforms: Observations from a study of risk perceptions of heated tobacco products (HTPs).Preventive medicine reports · 2023Article
- Risks and benefits of psilocybin use in people with bipolar disorder: An international web-based survey on experiences of 'magic mushroom' consumption.Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England) · 2023Article
- Use of illicit drugs, alcohol and tobacco in Spain and Portugal during the COVID-19 crisis in 2020 as measured by wastewater-based epidemiology.The Science of the total environment · 2022Article
- Material hardship level and unpredictability in relation to U.S. households' family interactions and emotional well-being: Insights from the COVID-19 pandemic.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2022Article
- Research, adapt, and overcome: Changes in submission rates to endocrinology scientific journals during the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Article
- Virtual raves and happy hours during COVID-19: New drug use contexts for electronic dance music partygoers.The International journal on drug policy · 2021Article
- Shifts in Drug Use Behavior Among Electronic Dance Music Partygoers in New York During COVID-19 Social Distancing.Substance use & misuse · 2021Article
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Abstract
Most human subjects research involving contact with participants has been halted in the US due to the COVID-19 crisis. We have been testing an online method to recruit and survey participants as a temporary replacement for our street-intercept survey method. Online surveys already generate less generalizable findings than other surveys, but offering compensation for online survey completion further reduces generalizability because this increases mischievous submissions. In this letter we discuss methods to help detect invalid responses, such as utilizing a screener to test for eligibility and using flags to detect mischievous responses and repeat submissions. We recommend that researchers approach online recruitment and surveying with caution.
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