Examination of the demographic representativeness of a cross-sectional mobile phone survey in collecting health data in Colombia using random digit dialling.

Deivis Nicolas Guzman-TordecillaAndres I Vecino-OrtizAngelica Tórres Quintero Camila Solorzano-BarreraJoseph AliRolando Enrique Peñaloza-QuinteroSaifuddin AhmedGeorge W PariyoVidhi ManiarDustin Garrett Gibson

Published in: BMJ open (2023)

This study shows that MPS could collect similar data to household surveys in terms of age, sex, high school education level and geographical area for some population categories. Strategies are needed to improve representativeness of the under-represented groups.

Keyphrases

healthcare
electronic health record
high school
cross sectional
public health
big data
mental health
social media
health information
machine learning
climate change
risk assessment
deep learning