dc.contributor.author | González Alzaga, Beatriz | |
dc.contributor.author | Hernández Jérez, Antonio Francisco | |
dc.contributor.author | Lacasaña Navarro, Marina | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-03-01T07:28:58Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-03-01T07:28:58Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-12-31 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Beatriz González-Alzaga... [et al.]. The questionnaire design process in the European Human Biomonitoring Initiative (HBM4EU), Environment International, Volume 160, 2022, 107071, ISSN 0160-4120, [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2021.107071] | es_ES |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10481/73038 | |
dc.description | This document was created for the HBM4EU project. HBM4EU has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 733032. The Swiss participation in this European Program is funded by the Swiss State Secretary for Education Research and Innovation (SERI). | es_ES |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Designing questionnaires is a key point of epidemiological studies assessing human exposure to
chemicals. The lack of validated questionnaires can lead to the use of previously developed and sub-optimally
adapted questionnaires, which may result in information biases that affect the study’s validity. On this
ground, a multidisciplinary group of researchers developed a series of tools to support data collection within the
HBM4EU initiative. The objective of this paper is to share the process of developing HBM4EU questionnaires, as
well as to provide researchers with harmonized procedures that could help them to design future questionnaires
to assess environmental exposures.
Methods: In the frame of the work package on survey design and fieldwork of the HBM4EU, researchers carried
out procedures necessary for the development of quality questionnaires and related data collection tools. These
procedures consisted of a systematic search to identify questionnaires used in previous human biomonitoring
(HBM) studies, as well as the development of a checklist and evaluation sheet to assess the questionnaires
identified. The results of these evaluations were taken into consideration for the development of the final
questionnaires.
Results: The main points covered by each of the sections included in HBM4EU questionnaires are described and
discussed in detail. Additional tools developed for data collection in the HBM4EU (e.g. non-responder questionnaire,
satisfaction questionnaire, matrix-specific questionnaire) are also addressed. Special attention is paid
to the limitations faced and hurdles overcome during the process of questionnaire development.
Conclusions: Designing questionnaires for use in HBM studies requires substantial effort by a multidisciplinary
team to guarantee that the quality of the information collected meets the study’s objectives. The process of
questionnaire development described herein will contribute to improve the harmonization of HBM studies within
the social and environmental context of the EU countries. | es_ES |
dc.description.sponsorship | European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme 733032 | es_ES |
dc.description.sponsorship | Swiss State Secretary for Education Research and Innovation (SERI) | es_ES |
dc.language.iso | eng | es_ES |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | es_ES |
dc.rights | Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ | * |
dc.subject | HBM4EU | es_ES |
dc.subject | Human biomonitoring | es_ES |
dc.subject | Environmental exposures | es_ES |
dc.subject | Study design | es_ES |
dc.subject | Questionnaire development | es_ES |
dc.subject | Data collection | es_ES |
dc.subject | Exposure characterization | es_ES |
dc.subject | Standardised procedures | es_ES |
dc.title | The questionnaire design process in the European Human Biomonitoring Initiative (HBM4EU) | es_ES |
dc.type | journal article | es_ES |
dc.relation.projectID | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/733032 | es_ES |
dc.rights.accessRights | open access | es_ES |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.envint.2021.107071 | |
dc.type.hasVersion | VoR | es_ES |