No personal data were transmitted with questionnaires and patients gave a written informed consent to be swabbed.
In most of these studies, assessments were performed by phone- or mail-transmitted questionnaires based on patient perception of asthma control and severity of symptoms [ 6, 12, 20], or were internet-based with data obtained from the European National Health and Wellness Survey [ 16, 17].
Using the touch screen telemonitoring equipment, the participant recorded and transmitted a daily questionnaire about symptoms and use of treatment (web appendix 1), and monitored oxygen saturation using linked validated instruments.
Send questionnaires to alive people.
Team leaders and teachers collected the completed questionnaires and transmitted them to the study researchers for analysis.
CRT was not associated with CD4 cell counts, patient characteristics, VCT questionnaire and transmitted drug resistance.
At enrollment and follow-ups scheduled at 6, 12, and 24 months, variables about participant sociodemographic characteristics, sexual risk behaviors and symptoms of sexually transmitted infections were recorded using questionnaires.
They were asked to choose ways that HIV/AIDS can be transmitted from a set list in the questionnaires (Fig 1).
Except for HIV seropositivity and noting relatives infected with viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections were intentionally excluded from the questionnaire due to the subjectivity of the concept of unsafe sex and the lack of reliability of predictable responses.
The Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI), the Problem Oriented Screening Instrument for Teenagers (POSIT), the HIV/sexually transmitted diseases (STD) risk scale, and the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) were also administered.
Included in the questionnaires were marital status, self-reported history of sexually transmitted infections and genital ulcers, the use of condoms and other contraceptives, and sexual partners.
