TY - JOUR AU - Harling, Guy AU - Gumede, Dumile AU - Mutevedzi, Tinofa AU - McGrath, Nuala AU - Seeley, Janet AU - Pillay, Deenan AU - Bärnighausen, Till W. AU - Herbst, Abraham J. PY - 2017 DA - 2017/08/17 TI - The impact of self-interviews on response patterns for sensitive topics: a randomized trial of electronic delivery methods for a sexual behaviour questionnaire in rural South Africa JO - BMC Medical Research Methodology SP - 125 VL - 17 IS - 1 AB - Self-interviews, where the respondent rather than the interviewer enters answers to questions, have been proposed as a way to reduce social desirability bias associated with interviewer-led interviews. Computer-assisted self-interviews (CASI) are commonly proposed since the computer programme can guide respondents; however they require both language and computer literacy. We evaluated the feasibility and acceptability of using electronic methods to administer quantitative sexual behaviour questionnaires in the Somkhele demographic surveillance area (DSA) in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. SN - 1471-2288 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-017-0403-8 DO - 10.1186/s12874-017-0403-8 ID - Harling2017 ER -