Table 2 Dimensions and attributes of various data collection methods
From: Quantitative data collection approaches in subject-reported oral health research: a scoping review
Dimensions | Data collection methods (number of papers, %) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
In-person (N = 206, 86.2%) | Mail-in (N = 15, 6.3%) | Internet-based (N = 6, 2.5%) | Telephone (N = 3, 1.3%) | |
Technological approaches1 | Face-to-face interview (55.8%) | Via Post (80.0%) | Computer-Assisted Web Interview (CAWI) and Online Survey (66.7%) | Interview (100%) |
Paper and Pencil (35.4%) | By Carrier (e.g., sent home with the child) (20.0%) | Email (33.3%) | ||
Mixed (6.4%) | ||||
Computer-Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI) and Electronic Survey (1.9%) | ||||
Uncertain (0.5%) | ||||
Recruit sources1 | Direct Recruitment (69.4%) | Direct Recruitment (33.3%) | Mixed (50.0%) | Database (66.7%) |
Community-based (17.5%) | Database (33.3%) | Direct Recruitment (16.7%) | Direct Recruitment (33.3%) | |
Database (9.7%) | Community-based (20.0%) | Database (16.7%) | ||
Mixed (1.5%) | Hard-copy Advertisement (6.7%) | Web-based (16.7%) | ||
Hard-copy Advertisement (1.5%) | Mixed (6.7%) | |||
Others (0.5%) | ||||
Sampling methods1,2 | Convenience Sampling [NP] (54.4%) | Simple Random Sampling [P] (46.7%) | Convenience Sampling [NP] 66.7%) | Simple Random Sampling [P] (33.3%) |
Stratified Sampling [P] (10.7%) | Stratified Sampling [P] (20.0%) | Snowball Sampling [NP] (33.3%) | Stratified Sampling [P] (33.3%) | |
Simple Random Sampling [P] (9.7%) | Convenience Sampling [NP] (20.0%) | Convenience Sampling [NP] (33.3%) | ||
Cluster Sampling [P] (9.7%) | Purposive Sampling [NP] (6.7%) | |||
Purposive Sampling [NP] (3.4%) | Others (6.7%) | |||
Consecutive Sampling [NP] (3.4%) | ||||
Systematic Sampling [P] (2.9%) | ||||
Snowball Sampling [NP] (0.5%) | ||||
Mixed (4.4%) | ||||
Others (1.0%) | ||||
Duration length of data collection, median (Min, Max) | 1 (0, 12) in years | 0 (0, 1) in years | 0 (0, 1) in years | 0.5 (0, 1) in years |
Sample size, median | 321 | 879 | 259 | 1500 |
Response rate (unadjusted), median | 90.6% | 72% | 36.7% | 55.5% |
Use of assistive devices/tools or data sources1 | Clinical Dental Exam (58.3%) | Clinical Dental Exam (26.7%) | None (100.0%) | None (100.0%) |
Public Database (5.3%) | Medical or Dental Records (6.7%) | |||
Medical or Dental Records (3.9%) | None (66.6%) | |||
Mixed: Exams and Public Database (1.5%) | ||||
Mixed: Exams and Records (0.9%) | ||||
Others (2.9%) | ||||
None (27.2%) | ||||