Effect of computer-assisted interviewing on self-reported sexual behavior data in a microbicide clinical trial

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 790-800

  Gorbach, Pamina M ^a   Mensch, Barbara S ^b   Husnik, Marla ^c   Coly, Astou ^a   Mâsse, Benoit ^c,h   Makanani, Bonus ^d   Nkhoma, Chiwawa ^d   Chinula, Lameck ^e   Tembo, Tchangani ^e   Mierzwa, Stan ^b   Reynolds, Kimberly ^e   Hurst, Stacey ^d   Coletti, Anne ^f   Forsyth, Andrew ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e KAMUZU CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

^f Family Health International   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

ACASI interviewing; Microbicides; Sexual behavior reporting

Indexed keywords

AGENTS USED INTRAVAGINALLY; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER TERMINAL; CONDOM; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALAWI; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTER TERMINALS; CONDOMS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALAWI; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VAGINAL CREAMS, FOAMS, AND JELLIES; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880921142     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-012-0302-2     Document Type: Article

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