Does the DOSPERT scale predict risk-taking behaviour during travel? A study using smartphones.
Initiatives
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This study uses a validated risk-taking questionnaire Domain-Specific Risk-Taking Scale (DOSPERT) and data from a smartphone application to study the association between pre-travel risk attitudes and the occurrence of behaviours during travel.
Note: All published information has been collected from the article referenced in the Marker Paper box below. Therefore, there may be variations with more advanced versions of the study.
- Start Year
- 2015
- End Year
- 2013
- Funding
- The Béatrice Ederer-Weber Foundation funded the salary ofAndrea Farnham as a doctoral candidate.
Design
- Study design
- Population cohort
Marker Paper
Farnham A, Ziegler S, Blanke U, et al. Does the DOSPERT scale predict risk-taking behaviour during travel? A study using smartphones. Journal of Travel Medicine. 2018 Jan;25(1). DOI: 10.1093/jtm/tay064.
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Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 94
- Number of participants with biosamples
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Timeline
A prospective cohort of travellers to Thailand
A prospective cohort of travellers to Thailand used a smartphone application to answer a daily questionnaire about health behaviours and events.
Selection Criteria
- Newborns
- Twins
- Ethnic Origin
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- Health Status
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- Other criteria
- travellers to Thailand was recruited from the travel clinics of Zurich and Basel (Switzerland)
Recruitment
- Sources of recruitment
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- General population
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 100
- Number of participants with biosamples
Data Collection Event
A prospective cohort of travellers to Thailand used a smartphone application to answer a daily questionnaire about health behaviours and events.
- Start Date
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2015
- End Date
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2015
- Data sources
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Mobile data collection
- Smartphone
- Smartphone apps
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Mobile data collection