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Mhealth Series Edinburgh Research Explorer mHealth Series Citation for published version: van Velthoven, MH, Li, Y, Wang, W, Du, X, Wu, Q, Chen, L, Majeed, A, Rudan, I, Zhang, Y & Car, J 2013, 'mHealth Series: mHealth project in Zhao County, rural China - Description of objectives, field site and methods', Journal of Global Health, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 20401. https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.03.020401 Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.7189/jogh.03.020401 Link: Link to publication record in Edinburgh Research Explorer Document Version: Publisher's PDF, also known as Version of record Published In: Journal of Global Health Publisher Rights Statement: Copyright © 2013 by the Journal of Global Health. All rights reserved. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. 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Oct. 2021 journal of Electronic supplementary material: The online version of this article contains supplementary material. global health mHealth Series: mHealth project in Zhao County, rural China – Description of objectives, field site and methods PAPERS VIEWPOINTS Michelle Helena van Velthoven1, Background We set up a collaboration between researchers in China Ye Li2, Wei Wang2, Xiaozhen Du2, and the UK that aimed to explore the use of mHealth in China. This 2 2 Qiong Wu , Li Chen , Azeem is the first paper in a series of papers on a large mHealth project part 1 3 Majeed , Igor Rudan , Yanfeng of this collaboration. This paper included the aims and objectives of Zhang2, Josip Car1 the mHealth project, our field site, and the detailed methods of two studies. 1 Global eHealth Unit, Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College Field site The field site for this mHealth project was Zhao County, London, London, UK which lies 280 km south of Beijing in Hebei Province, China. 2 Department of Integrated Early Childhood Methods We described the methodology of two studies: (i) a mixed Development, Capital Institute of Paediatrics, methods study exploring factors influencing sample size calculations Beijing, China for mHealth–based health surveys and (ii) a cross–over study deter- 3 Centre for Population Health Sciences mining validity of an mHealth text messaging data collection tool. The and Global Health Academy, University first study used mixed methods, both quantitative and qualitative, in- of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK cluding: (i) two surveys with caregivers of young children, (ii) inter- views with caregivers, village doctors and participants of the cross– over study, and (iii) researchers’ views. We combined data from caregivers, village doctors and researchers to provide an in–depth un- derstanding of factors influencing sample size calculations for mHealth–based health surveys. The second study, a cross–over study, used a randomised cross–over study design to compare the tradition- al face–to–face survey method to the new text messaging survey meth- od. We assessed data equivalence (intrarater agreement), the amount of information in responses, reasons for giving different responses, the response rate, characteristics of non–responders, and the error rate. Conclusions This paper described the objectives, field site and meth- ods of a large mHealth project part of a collaboration between re- searchers in China and the UK. The mixed methods study evaluating factors that influence sample size calculations could help future stud- ies with estimating reliable sample sizes. The cross–over study com- paring face–to–face and text message survey data collection could help future studies with developing their mHealth tools. Correspondence to: Yanfeng Zhang The use of mobile devices in health care, also known as mHealth or mobile Department of Integrated Early Childhood Development health [1], has increasingly gained attention over the past years worldwide Capital Institute of Pediatrics [2-8] and in China [9,10]. The different functions of mobile phones, such No. 2 Yabao Road as calling, messaging, camera and apps, can be used for various health care– Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100020 related purposes. A promising use of mHealth is data collection, both in China high–income countries [11-19], and in low– and middle–income countries [email protected] [20-30]. www.jogh.org • doi: 10.7189/jogh.03.020401 1 December 2013 • Vol. 3 No. 2 • 020401 van Velthoven et al. There are now almost as many mobile phones subscrip- based health surveys and (ii) a cross–over study determin- tions (6.8 billion) as people in the world [31]. Mobile ing the validity of an mHealth text messaging survey data phones are a particularly interesting example of informa- collection tool. The methodology of these two studies was tion and communication technology as they became the explained in detail in the methods section of this paper. first to have more users in low– and middle–income coun- Objective 1: explore factors influencing the sample size tries than in high–income countries [32]. The growth in of mHealth–based health surveys. Realistic sample size mobile phone subscriptions is led by China and India, calculations are essential to conduct mHealth–based health which have over 30% of the world’s subscribers [33]. surveys. There are several steps in the recruitment and fol- mHealth can be used in low– and middle–income coun- low–up of participants in mHealth studies where partici- tries to improve health systems and to reach the Millenni- pants may be lost, from collecting mobile phone numbers um Development Goals [34-37]. APERS to completing data collection. In text messaging data col- VIEWPOINTS P However, though mHealth has the potential to improve lection studies, an important issue affecting sample size health care, the current use of mHealth interventions in calculation is the response rate of participants. Previous health care remains relatively low. Frequently mentioned studies have reported variable response rates [11-13,15- barriers are methodological challenges and in result a lack 17,19,23,27], but no studies have evaluated this issue and of strong evidence for the use of mHealth [38-49]. other problems in depth. The first study, a mixed methods study, explored factors influencing the sample size of In China, there were around 1.2 billion mobile phone sub- mHealth–based health surveys. This will help future scriptions in 2013 [33]. Mobile phones are widely used mHealth studies with estimating their sample sizes. both in urban and rural areas. While a relatively low pro- portion of households in rural areas have internet access or Objective 2: determine validity of an mHealth text mes- have a functioning landline telephone, nearly all house- sage data collection tool. The validity of an mHealth data holds use at least one mobile phone [50]. collection tool needs to be determined, because the mode of data collection can have great effects on data quality, es- We set up a collaboration between researchers in China and pecially when there are different modes of administration the UK, thereby combining our expertise in child health in (interviewer–administered vs self–administered) [53]. China (Capital Institute of Pediatrics in Beijing), interna- While there are several studies that have compared mHealth tional child health and global burden of disease measure- text messaging data collection with other methods of data ment (University of Edinburgh) and global mHealth (Im- collection [11,14-16,19,23], most of these studies have only perial College London). The aim of this collaboration was made within–group comparisons, used small samples, or to explore the use of mHealth in China. The Chinese re- only assessed properties of the used scale. The second study, searchers in this collaboration have a strong connection a cross–over study, compared text messaging vs face–to–face with the local health workers in Zhao County, Hebei Prov- interviews to determine validity of an mHealth text messag- ince in China, in which they have completed several child ing survey data collection tool. This will help future mHealth health studies during recent years [50-52]. Therefore, we studies with developing their mHealth tools. selected Zhao County as a field site to conduct our mHealth research on child health data collection. Aim 2: explore promising areas for This is the first paper in a series of papers on a large mHealth data collection implementation mHealth project in Zhao County in rural China that is part The second aim was to show how the advancements in of our collaboration. This paper included the aims and ob- mHealth methodology from the first aim could be used for jectives of the mHealth data collection project, our field three mHealth implementation areas: (i) to replace cross– site, and the detailed methods of two studies that we con- sectional health surveys, (ii) to monitor program imple- ducted in Zhao County. mentation, and (iii) to measure burden of disease in a com- munity. The first and third promising areas of mHealth implementation were shown in this mHealth series [54] AIMS AND OBJECTIVES and the second implementation area will be presented else- The aims and objectives of our mHealth project in Zhao where (unpublished). County in China were the following.
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