Using mobile technology to conduct epidemiological investigations

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Onicio Batista Leal Neto¹  Rodrigo Loyo¹  Jones Albuquerque¹  Juliana Perazzo¹  Verônica Barbosa¹  Constança Simões Barbosa¹ 

关键词: Schistosomiasis;    Epidemiology;    Mobile;    Android;    Epi 7;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0037-8682-0181-2014

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

INTRODUCTION : The aim of this study was to report the experience of an epidemiological field survey for which data were collected and analyzed using tablets. METHODS : The devices used Epi Info 7 (Android version), which has been modeled a database with variables of the traditional form. RESULTS : Twenty-one households were randomly selected in the study area; 75 residents were registered and completed household interviews with socioeconomic and environmental risk variables. CONCLUSIONS : This new technology is a valuable tool for collecting and analyzing data from the field, with advantageous benefits to epidemiological surveys.

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