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dc.contributor.authorLiddle, Jacki
dc.contributor.authorWishink, Anna
dc.contributor.authorSpringfield, Liz
dc.contributor.authorGustafsson, Louise
dc.contributor.authorIreland, David
dc.contributor.authorSilburn, Peter
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-03T23:44:57Z
dc.date.available2018-09-03T23:44:57Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.issn0045-0766
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/1440-1630.12360
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/380261
dc.description.abstractBackground: Understanding quality of life and participation is a key aspect of occupational therapy research. The use of smartphones to deliver experience-sampling surveys may provide an accessible way to monitor these outcomes. This study used smartphone-based experience sampling methods (ESM) to investigate factors influencing momentary quality of life (mQOL) of university students. Methods: A convenience sample of students at an Australian university participated. Using a custom smartphone application, ESM surveys were sent six to eight times, every second day, over a week. Participants indicated their mQOL, occupational participation, occupational enjoyment, social context and location via surveys and provided demographic and health information in a single self-report questionnaire. The relationship between mQOL and variables was analysed at the survey level using logistic regression. Results: Forty students completed 391 surveys. Higher mQOL was significantly related to participation in productive occupations (z = 3.48; P = 0.001), moderate (z = 4.00; P < 0.001) or high occupational enjoyment (z = 7.06; P < 0.001), being with someone (z = 2.15, P = 0.031), being at home (z = 2.49; P = 0.013) and an excellent self-rated health status (z = 2.35; P = 0.019). The magnitude of differences in mQOL was small. Conclusion: This study suggests that mQOL amongst university students relates to personal, environmental and occupational factors. The use of smartphone-based ESM appears to be a practical approach for investigating participation and QOL. Further research utilising a more diverse sample, analysing at the individual level, and using ESM in conjunction with other methodologies is recommended.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom294
dc.relation.ispartofpageto304
dc.relation.ispartofissue4
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAustralian Occupational Therapy Journal
dc.relation.ispartofvolume64
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHealth services and systems
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPublic health
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3202
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4203
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4206
dc.titleCan smartphones measure momentary quality of life and participation? A proof of concept using experience sampling surveys with university students
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorGustafsson, Louise


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