Electronic data collection in a multi-site population-based survey: EN-INDEPTH study

Table 5 Management and monitoring of interviews in the EN-INDEPTH study

	Bandim	Dabat	IgangaMayuge	Kintampo	Matlab
GPS location¹	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
Assigning interviews
No of interviews assigned per interviewer per synchronisation	10 to 150	3 to 10	10 to 20	20 to 25	60 to 150
Responsible for assigning interviews	Site representative and supervisors	Field coordinator	Supervisors	Supervisors	Supervisors
Monitoring
Survey Solution Headquarters progress	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
Separate tracking of progress²	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Data cleaning
Separate system	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

¹The GPS function was enabled at all sites at the start of the survey. Sites with “Yes” maintained the GPS function during the survey. Sites with “No” disabled the GPS function
²Using Stata®, a do-file was created for sites to track the progress of the data collection to report progress every 2 weeks to the LSHTM team

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