Conducting a multi‐country online alcohol survey in the time of the COVID‐19 pandemic: Opportunities and challenges
Abstract 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 conveni...
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| author | Carolin Kilian Jürgen Rehm Peter Allebeck Miroslav Barták Fleur Braddick Antoni Gual Silvia Matrai Benjamin Petruželka Vladimir Rogalewicz Ingeborg Rossow Bernd Schulte Mindaugas Štelemėkas Jakob Manthey |
| author_facet | Carolin Kilian Jürgen Rehm Peter Allebeck Miroslav Barták Fleur Braddick Antoni Gual Silvia Matrai Benjamin Petruželka Vladimir Rogalewicz Ingeborg Rossow Bernd Schulte Mindaugas Štelemėkas Jakob Manthey |
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| description | Abstract 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-62126cd3b1a44098ba3c4f4f48dd32032022-12-22T00:38:29ZengWileyInternational Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research1049-89311557-06572021-09-01303n/an/a10.1002/mpr.1875Conducting a multi‐country online alcohol survey in the time of the COVID‐19 pandemic: Opportunities and challengesCarolin Kilian0Jürgen Rehm1Peter Allebeck2Miroslav Barták3Fleur Braddick4Antoni Gual5Silvia Matrai6Benjamin Petruželka7Vladimir Rogalewicz8Ingeborg Rossow9Bernd Schulte10Mindaugas Štelemėkas11Jakob Manthey12Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy Technische Universität Dresden Dresden GermanyInstitute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy Technische Universität Dresden Dresden GermanyDepartment of Global Public Health Karolinska Institute Stockholm SwedenDepartment of Addictology First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital in Prague Charles University Praha Czech RepublicClínic Foundation for Biomedical Research (FCRB) Barcelona SpainClinical Addictions Research Group (GRAC‐GRE) Psychiatry Department Neurosciences Institute Hospital Clínic University of Barcelona Barcelona SpainClínic Foundation for Biomedical Research (FCRB) Barcelona SpainDepartment of Addictology First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital in Prague Charles University Praha Czech RepublicDepartment of Addictology First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital in Prague Charles University Praha Czech RepublicNorwegian Institute of Public Health Oslo NorwayCentre for Interdisciplinary Addiction Research University Medical Center Hamburg‐Eppendorf Hamburg GermanyHealth Research Institute Faculty of Public Health Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kaunas LithuaniaInstitute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy Technische Universität Dresden Dresden GermanyAbstract 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.https://doi.org/10.1002/mpr.1875epidemiologymethodologyrepresentativenesssubstance usesurveys |
| spellingShingle | Carolin Kilian Jürgen Rehm Peter Allebeck Miroslav Barták Fleur Braddick Antoni Gual Silvia Matrai Benjamin Petruželka Vladimir Rogalewicz Ingeborg Rossow Bernd Schulte Mindaugas Štelemėkas Jakob Manthey Conducting a multi‐country online alcohol survey in the time of the COVID‐19 pandemic: Opportunities and challenges International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research epidemiology methodology representativeness substance use surveys |
| title | Conducting a multi‐country online alcohol survey in the time of the COVID‐19 pandemic: Opportunities and challenges |
| title_full | Conducting a multi‐country online alcohol survey in the time of the COVID‐19 pandemic: Opportunities and challenges |
| title_fullStr | Conducting a multi‐country online alcohol survey in the time of the COVID‐19 pandemic: Opportunities and challenges |
| title_full_unstemmed | Conducting a multi‐country online alcohol survey in the time of the COVID‐19 pandemic: Opportunities and challenges |
| title_short | Conducting a multi‐country online alcohol survey in the time of the COVID‐19 pandemic: Opportunities and challenges |
| title_sort | conducting a multi country online alcohol survey in the time of the covid 19 pandemic opportunities and challenges |
| topic | epidemiology methodology representativeness substance use surveys |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/mpr.1875 |
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