Conducting a multi-country online alcohol survey in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Opportunities and challenges
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Conducting a multi-country online alcohol survey in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Opportunities and challenges. / Kilian, Carolin; Rehm, Jürgen; Allebeck, Peter; Barták, Miroslav; Braddick, Fleur; Gual, Antoni; Matrai, Silvia; Petruželka, Benjamin; Rogalewicz, Vladimir; Rossow, Ingeborg; Schulte, Bernd; Štelemėkas, Mindaugas; Manthey, Jakob.
in: INT J METH PSYCH RES, Jahrgang 30, Nr. 3, e1875, 09.2021.Publikationen: SCORING: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift/Zeitung › SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz › Forschung › Begutachtung
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T1 - Conducting a multi-country online alcohol survey in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Opportunities and challenges
AU - Kilian, Carolin
AU - Rehm, Jürgen
AU - Allebeck, Peter
AU - Barták, Miroslav
AU - Braddick, Fleur
AU - Gual, Antoni
AU - Matrai, Silvia
AU - Petruželka, Benjamin
AU - Rogalewicz, Vladimir
AU - Rossow, Ingeborg
AU - Schulte, Bernd
AU - Štelemėkas, Mindaugas
AU - Manthey, Jakob
N1 - © 2021 The Authors. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
PY - 2021/9
Y1 - 2021/9
N2 - OBJECTIVES: This contribution provides insights into the methodology of a pan-European population-based online survey, performed without external funding during the COVID-19 pandemic. We present the impact of different dissemination strategies to collect data from a non-probabilistic convenience sample and outline post-stratification weighting schemes, to provide guidance for future multi-country survey studies.METHODS: Description and comparison of dissemination strategies for five exemplary countries (Czechia, Germany, Lithuania, Norway, Spain) participating in the Alcohol Use and COVID-19 Survey. Comparison of the sample distribution with the country's actual population distribution according to sociodemographics, and development of weighting schemes.RESULTS: The dissemination of online surveys through national newspapers, paid social media adverts and dissemination with the support of national health ministries turned out to be the most effective strategies. Monitoring the responses and adapting dissemination strategies to reach under-represented groups, and the application of sample weights were helpful to achieve an analytic sample matching the respective general population profiles.CONCLUSION: Reaching a large pan-European convenience sample, including most European countries, in a short time was feasible, with the support of a broad scientific network.
AB - OBJECTIVES: This contribution provides insights into the methodology of a pan-European population-based online survey, performed without external funding during the COVID-19 pandemic. We present the impact of different dissemination strategies to collect data from a non-probabilistic convenience sample and outline post-stratification weighting schemes, to provide guidance for future multi-country survey studies.METHODS: Description and comparison of dissemination strategies for five exemplary countries (Czechia, Germany, Lithuania, Norway, Spain) participating in the Alcohol Use and COVID-19 Survey. Comparison of the sample distribution with the country's actual population distribution according to sociodemographics, and development of weighting schemes.RESULTS: The dissemination of online surveys through national newspapers, paid social media adverts and dissemination with the support of national health ministries turned out to be the most effective strategies. Monitoring the responses and adapting dissemination strategies to reach under-represented groups, and the application of sample weights were helpful to achieve an analytic sample matching the respective general population profiles.CONCLUSION: Reaching a large pan-European convenience sample, including most European countries, in a short time was feasible, with the support of a broad scientific network.
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Alcohol Drinking/epidemiology
KW - COVID-19/epidemiology
KW - Czech Republic/epidemiology
KW - Female
KW - Germany/epidemiology
KW - Humans
KW - Lithuania/epidemiology
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Norway/epidemiology
KW - Spain/epidemiology
KW - Surveys and Questionnaires
KW - Young Adult
U2 - 10.1002/mpr.1875
DO - 10.1002/mpr.1875
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 33951258
VL - 30
JO - INT J METH PSYCH RES
JF - INT J METH PSYCH RES
SN - 1049-8931
IS - 3
M1 - e1875
ER -