| A Web-based survey on students' conceptions of 'accident'. | |
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PMID: 19919297 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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To report the implementation of an open source web survey application and a case study of its first utilisation, particularly as to aspects of logistics and response behaviour, in a survey of Brazilian university students' conceptions about injury causing events. We developed an original application capable of recruiting respondents, sending personal e-mail invitations, storing responses and exporting data. Students of medical, law, communication and education schools were asked about personal attributes and conceptions of the term accident, as to associations and preventability. The response rate was 34.5%. Half of the subjects responded by the second day, 66.3% during the first week. Subjects around 4.2% (95% CI 3.3-5.4) refused to disclose religious persuasion, and 19.2% (95% CI 17.2-21.3) refused to disclose political persuasion, whereas only 2.8% (95% CI 2.1-3.8), on average, refused to answer questions on conceptions and attitudes. There was no significant difference between early and late respondents in respect to selected attributes and conceptions of accident (P-value varied from 0.145 to 0.971). The word accident evoked the notion of preventability to 85.1% (95% CI 83.2 to 87.0) of the subjects, foreseeability to 50.3% (95% CI 47.7-53.0), fatality to 15.1% (95% CI 13.3-17.1) and intentionality to 2.3% (95% CI 1.6-3.2). Web surveying university students' conceptions about injuries is feasible in a middle-income country setting, yielding response rates similar to those found in the literature. |
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Authors:
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Danilo Blank; Guilherme Hohgraefe Neto; Elisa Grando; Pauline Z Siqueira; Roberta P Lunkes; Jo??o Leonardo Pietrobeli; Norma Regina Marzola; Marcelo Z Goldani |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Informatics for health & social care Volume: 34 ISSN: 1753-8165 ISO Abbreviation: Inform Health Soc Care Publication Date: 2009 Dec |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-11-20 Completed Date: 2010-01-28 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 101475011 Medline TA: Inform Health Soc Care Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 189-208 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Pediatrics, N??cleo de Estudos da Sa??de da Crian??a e do Adolescente (NESCA), Hospital de Cl??nicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil. blank@ufrgs.br |
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Accidents* Adolescent Adult Brazil Concept Formation* Cross-Sectional Studies Female Humans Internet* Male Students / psychology* Terminology as Topic Young Adult |
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