Enhancing Syndromic Surveillance With Online Respondent-Driven Detection

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ID11024389
AuthorsMart L Stein (0000-0003-0502-7993, Mart L. Stein and Mirjam E. E. Kretzschmar are with the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands. Jim E. van Steenbergen is with the Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands. Vincent Buskens is with the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht. Peter G. M. van der Heijden is with the Department of...), Jim E van Steenbergen (Mart L. Stein and Mirjam E. E. Kretzschmar are with the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands. Jim E. van Steenbergen is with the Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands. Vincent Buskens is with the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht. Peter G. M. van der Heijden is with the Department of...), Jim van Steenbergen (0000-0002-3652-5146, University of Applied Sciences Utrecht), Vincent Busken (0000-0002-4483-7238, University of Applied Sciences Utrecht), Vincent Buskens (Mart L. Stein and Mirjam E. E. Kretzschmar are with the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands. Jim E. van Steenbergen is with the Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands. Vincent Buskens is with the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht. Peter G. M. van der Heijden is with the Department of...), P G M Van Der Heijden (0000-0002-3345-096X, University of Applied Sciences Utrecht), Carl E Koppeschaar (Mart L. Stein and Mirjam E. E. Kretzschmar are with the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands. Jim E. van Steenbergen is with the Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands. Vincent Buskens is with the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht. Peter G. M. van der Heijden is with the Department of...), Linus Bengtsson (0000-0001-9712-2669, Mart L. Stein and Mirjam E. E. Kretzschmar are with the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands. Jim E. van Steenbergen is with the Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands. Vincent Buskens is with the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht. Peter G. M. van der Heijden is with the Department of...), Anna Thorson (0000-0002-8703-6561, Mart L. Stein and Mirjam E. E. Kretzschmar are with the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands. Jim E. van Steenbergen is with the Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands. Vincent Buskens is with the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht. Peter G. M. van der Heijden is with the Department of...), Mirjam Kretzschmar (0000-0002-4394-7697, University of Applied Sciences Utrecht), Mirjam E E Kretzschmar (Mart L. Stein and Mirjam E. E. Kretzschmar are with the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands. Jim E. van Steenbergen is with the Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands. Vincent Buskens is with the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht. Peter G. M. van der Heijden is with the Department of...)
Year2015
Volume105
Issue8
Pagese90-e97
Publication date2015-08-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2015.302717
PMID26066940
PMCIDPMC4504273
OpenAlexW2146860331
LanguageEN
References cited16

Objectives. We investigated the feasibility of combining an online chain recruitment method (respondent-driven detection) and participatory surveillance panels to collect previously undetected information on infectious diseases via social networks of participants. Methods. In 2014, volunteers from 2 large panels in the Netherlands were invited to complete a survey focusing on symptoms of upper respiratory tract infections and to invite 4 individuals they had met in the preceding 2 weeks to take part in the study. We compared sociodemographic characteristics among panel participants, individuals who volunteered for our survey, and individuals recruited via respondent-driven detection. Results. Starting from 1015 panel members, the survey spread through all provinces of the Netherlands and all age groups in 83 days. A total of 433 individuals completed the survey via peer recruitment. Participants who reported symptoms were 6.1% (95% confidence interval = 5.4, 6.9) more likely to invite contact persons than were participants who did not report symptoms. Participants with symptoms invited more symptomatic recruits to take part than did participants without symptoms. Conclusions. Our findings suggest that online respondent-driven detection can enhance identification of symptomatic patients by making use of individuals’ local social networks

Environmental health · MEDLINE · Political science · Respondent · Chemistry · COVID-19 epidemiological studies · Data-Driven Disease Surveillance · Medicine · Survey Methodology and Nonresponse

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